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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun Ruled: 1332 - 1322 BCE Dynasty VIII p. 48 "This has been, perhaps, the most extraordinary day in the whole history of Egyptian excavation...The entrance today was made into the sealed chamber of (Tutankhamun's) tomb...and yet another door opened beyond that. No eyes have seen the King, but to practical certainty we know that  lies there close at hand in all his original state, undisturbed."                                                               T he Times of London ,  February 16, 1923 Tutankhamun's mask, or funerary mask of Tutankhamun, is the death mask of the 18th-dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1925 in tomb KV62 and is now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.   Found in the Valley of the Kings, after 15 years of d...

The quick quiz below will not be graded.   It serves as a gauge of how well you are doing, and thus, what you need to do to make your study habits better. 1. To the right, draw a simple color wheel with 6 parts. What colors are Primaries? Red, Yellow, Blue What colors are Secondaries? Orange, Violet, Green 2. Prehistory is called this because: Named for the period before events and information was written down. This period of time is divided into two parts, what are they? Upper Paleolithic Period Lower Paleolithic Period each are BCE (Before the Common Era) or BP (Before Present) 3. Name six formal elements of design that all creative artifacts can be analyzed by: Line - shape - texture - space - value - color - space 4. Homo sapiens sapiens have been around and making creative artifacts since, when?   Modern humans spread out from Africa, they encountered other hominins such as Homo neanderthalensis around  120,000 - 200,000 years ago 5. N...

p. 429 - 445 Learning Objectives: Understand the relationship of early art/architecture produced in some areas of Africa and understand the cultures that produced them. Recognize some of the African beliefs/myths Recognize the relationship between African art and the power of political leaders who commissioned it. Understand the different techniques used by the Africans to create forms, i.e. lost wax casting Make the connection of the forms created by using the visual formal elements of design Africa was home to one of our earliest greatest civilizations - ancient Egypt and others. Yoruba located in southwestern Nigeria regard their city of IFE "navel of the world" = site of creation, the first Ife ruler is "One Oduduwa" came down from heaven to create Earth and populate it.   The Ife populated the area around 800 CE and by the 11th century CE, Ife was a metropolis - today every Yoruba city claims descent. The metropolis centered a...