Assignment:
• Use the names of artists and art below to find a work of Art to discuss in essay form. Identify the work of art by title, artist, period/style, genre, and geographic/cultural origin.
• In your essay describe the art object in terms of the Visual Elements and Principles of Design.
• Through research, present what scholars have said about the meaning of that work of art in the context of the history of art. Please use proper MLA formatting.
• Include in your discussion what the uses of the object/objects were at the time it was made and
what the impact of that work of art has been on the culture who created it.
• Your conclusions should include your interpretations of the work of art.
Contemporary Syrian Artists
Safwan Dahoul
Tammam Azzam
Iman Hasbani
Kais Salman
Saad Yagan
Abdul Kerim Majdal Al-Beik
Alice Al Khatib
Ancient Assyrian Art
Assyrian Relief of Nimrod
Lion Hunt from the Place Complex Assurnasirpal
Victory Stele of Narum-Sin