Art 3 Proficient, Weeks 4-6
Egyptian Art
Essential Standards
P.CX.1.4 Understand how personal aesthetic responses to art are influenced by culture.
1. Finish Natural Pigments by next Duesday (not tomorrow).
The following assignments start our next unit of study: Egypt.
All students must complete the assignments listed, even if they are not finished their Paleolithic Animal
Project. All Honors level art students are required to take work home with them to finish. You may
also come to the art room at these times to work on your artwork:
1. Before school: 7:30-8:00am
2. E block: ask Zoe for a pass
3. After school on Thursdays during Art Club: 3:10-4:30pm
4. With permission and notice, other days after school: ask Zoe if she is staying after!
2. Read chapter 7.2: pages 155-162 in Art in Focus, Egyptian Sculpture and Painting. In your sketchbook
answer the Lesson Two questions on page 161: we will discuss them in class.
3. This Cartouche assignment is for fun: it may be skipped if you are working on your Paleolithic Project.
You may not skip it if you are finished.
Learn about Hierglyphics and Cartouches: See the definition on page 159.
http://www.artyfactory.com/egyptian_art/cartouche_lesson/cartouche_lesson.htm
Create a drawing in your sketchbook of your name in a cartouche. What does the frame around a cartouche
represent? Why is it wrapped around the name?
4. Learn about what Egyptians believed for an afterlife. Read the interview with an Egyptologist:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/afterlife-ancient-egypt.html
Warning: there are images of mummified humans without their wrappings! It is not for the faint of heart.
Discuss what you see in paintings that show they are about the afterlife.
5. Read the assignment under Lesson Two Review: Visual Arts Journal. Create a cartoon about your birth or
what you think your afterlife will be like. You may make it comic book style or flat panel style.
Think about who is there and important items are around. You will write about the event as the Egyptian
artists wrote hierglyphics on their artworks. You may use any media you wish.
6. Review for your Paleolithic Art Test with a review Kahoot. You may not use your notes!
7. Friday will be your Egypt Test: STUDY!
Egyptian Storytelling
Assessor
Requirements
met
Created cartoon story about your birth or
afterlife
Several interesting characters, objects,
and layout
Story is written around images
Craftsmanship Skillful use of media: neat, clean,
attention to contour lines, detail, and
legibility of words
Artistic Vision Thinking outside the box, Superb
craftsmanship or details, lengthy
Name
Grade
A
90-100
18-20
B
80-89
16-17
C
70-79
14-15
D
60-69
12-13
F
0-59
0-11
18-20
16-17
14-15
12-13
0-11
9-10
36-40
8
32-35
7
28-31
6
24-30
0-5
0-23
9-10
8
7
6
0-5