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You will be introduced to selected works of art and artists as they relate to the curriculum. In your sketchbook:
1. Complete a thumbnail sketch of the work 
2. Document the #, heading, and credit line 
3. Review all provided resources - take notes 
4. Answer the questions completely and with specificity; complete sentences should reveal the question (write legibly or type/print)

​Entries started in class must be completed as homework by the same day/next week ​

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#8 Nike of Samothrace

1/2/2018

 
Picture
Unknown sculptor
Greece, ca. 190 BCE
Marble, approx. 8’ 1” high Louvre, Paris.



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READ/TAKE NOTES: Greek Sculpture - Hellenistic

WATCH VIDEO/TAKE NOTES: (please note that one narrator misspeaks when explaining the date of this sculpture....maybe you can find the mistake....)

AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED ABOVE: Answer the following questions completely and with specificity to the provided resources, personal reflection, and additional research as needed:
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1. Nike is the goddess of what? 
2. List three adjectives that most effectively describe the characteristics of this sculpture. Compare these adjectives to those you wrote for Menkaura and His Queen. Are they similar or different? Explain.
3. List the style/time period of this sculpture. Explain how the Nike of Samothrace is the next, logical step that follows the Archaic, Severe, and Classical styles.

CURIOUS? Here's some more information:
  • Compare Archaic and Classical styles with what you now know about Hellenistic art

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