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  1. Explore the Ancient Egyptian artworks at Art>Art History>Search Across Time>Ancient World http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/3/1/1.html. Compare the artworks of Ancient Egypt with those of other ancient civilizations. What qualities made Egyptian art distinctively “Egyptian”?


  2. Explore the Ancient Egyptian architectural works at Architecture>Architectural History>Ancient World http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/5/1/1.html. What characteristics define Egyptian architecture? How did Egyptian architecture change over time?


  3. It has been said that “architects can never forget that structures exist for human use.” Does this statement apply to most important architectural works of the Ancient Egyptians? For whom were the pyramids and similar structures built? What sort of message were they intended to convey, in terms of dynamism and stability? Experiment with the principles of dynamism and stability to better understand the choices Egyptian architects made. Architecture>Elements of Architecture>Space>Static Dynamic Space http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/4/2/4.html







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