Themes in art and culture Visual & Performing Arts Coursework

This assignment is based on the Milanote board for Order(ing). Please listen to the recordings on that board and answer the following questions. Note that some questions are true/false: In the case of a false statement, you must correct it with accurate information to get full credit. Please submit the assignment on Canvas as a Word doc. The due date is Monday, Oct. 12.
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1 The ancient Mesopotamians developed three pictorial conventions for ordering their compositions. a) What are they? and b) What is the name of one Mesopotamian object in which they are used? c) What is the name of one Egyptian object in which they are used? d) What role do they play in the interpretation of art? (20)
* Hierarchy of scale, registers and common ground line
* Standard of Ur
* Knife
* They play the role observing social order in society and also as a key guide to the communities in terms of war and other related battles.
2 a) What kind of order does Narmer’s Palette claim that he effected? b) How is he depicted effecting it? (10)
* The order of unification
* The Pallet of King Narmer shows a number of people being tortured and others being beaten but all are under the king claiming to unite them.
3 a) In the depiction of Nebamun hunting, what is he holding in his hands that suggests that he is imposing order on disorder? b) To which fraternal conflict between two gods might the scene allude? (12)
* He is holding bird decoys as a tactic for hunting other birds, imposing order on disorder
* Cyrus, the god of ord...