I cover Prehistoric of the Natural World day 1 of my Prehistoric Unit and the human figure day two. I use this day to look at symbolic representations of the human body. The images in this lesson from the AP Art History 250 are: Running horned woman Anthropomorphic Stele Lapita Terra Cotta fragment Tlatilco female [...]
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A closer look at the Anthropomorphic Stele
I like to have students sketch the Anthropomorphic Stele before we discuss it because at first, the form is ambiguous but once they start sketching many students begin to realize it is a reductive human form. Although they cannot get scale from just looking at the image, let them know it is about 3 feet [...]
#6. Anthropomorphic stele
First off, I really don't like this piece. I find it almost as bad as the Camelid sacrum. Nothing against the art piece, I think it's really cute actually but my issue with it is the lack of information for me and my high schoolers to research! How am I supposed to teach this when [...]
