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Extra Credit Essay Assignment

Here's your chance to gather some points towards your final grade!

Found in our text:
Art, A Brief History by Stokstad and Cothren p. 116

Subject: 
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) by Polykleitos
from Ancient Greece
** You can find quite a bit of research information on this particular subject on the internet that includes a video.  
You will need to include at least two extra sources beyond our text.

Date: 450 - 440 BCE

What is in your essay?
1. 

 i. Where did it come from? Who made it? What are its materials? How was it made? - 10%
ii. Explain its cultural significance  (10%)
#1 Assessment worth > 20%

2. Explain how these specific formal elements are operating in Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) by Polykleitos from Ancient Greece
i Line
ii Volume / Mass
iii. Texture
iv. Space
v. Color and Value
#2 Assessment worth > 50%

3. Connect the work Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) by Polykleitos
from Ancient Greece to FIGURE OF A WOMAN FROM THE CYCLADES c. 2600 - 2400 BCE above. It is found on page 95 from our text

How are they similar? 10%
How are they different? 10%
You need to explain their comparisons thoroughly. 
Remember, most of your research and text will be devoted to the first sculpture Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) by Polykleitos
from Ancient Greece.

Place both image examples in your paper and give thorough details, and provide the page #
#3 Assessment worth > 20%

 4. Construct your 1,200-word essay with excellent writing mechanics.  
At the end of your essay type in: 
Word Count = appropriate # --- 
BEFORE Works Cited page.
#4 Assessment worth > 10%

 DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 11th -- hardcopy!



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