A nurse is working with an older adult client who expresses frustration over their physical changes, such as reduced mobility, thinning hair, and decreased vision. The nurse listens attentively to the client’s concerns and discusses how these changes are a normal part of aging. The nurse also provides information about how external factors like media and societal attitudes can influence how people feel about their bodies. Which two factors are most relevant to this scenario in relation to body image?

e41900a4261225c6c2076a61eab51a36e6c23829.jpg Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) or Canon, Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze, c. 450-440 B.C.E. (Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples) Watch the video on “Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)” from the Week 5 material. Write a longer essay (8-10 sentences) on the importance of Polykleitos’ Doryphoros sculpture. Note the importance of his “Canon” (different than the “Canon of Art History” from Week 1). Be sure to mention how the sculpture was innovative (notably different from earlier Greek Kouros figures) by using key terms from the video.   Write full paragraphs and use full sentences. Pay attention to grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

   Mask-of-Agamemnon.jpg    Mask of Agamemnon, from shaft grave V, grave circle A, c.1550-1500 B.C.E., gold, 12 inches / 35 cm (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)     Eager to make a name for himself in the field, amateur achaeologist and businessman ________________________ falsely claimed that he found the Mask of Agememnon – the Greek hero of Homer’s Illiad. 

In Ancient Egyptian Art and many other types of Ancient Art, artists used to order scenes into parallel lines. This device was also used to separate the scene as well as providing ground lines for the figures.

   male-harp-player-from-keros-300×180.jpg    Male harp player (detail) from Keros, c. 2600–2300 B.C.E     Several Modern artists were influenced by figurines from the ____________ region in Ancient Greece, including Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brâncusi, and Amedeo Modigliani. 

A nurse is reading a physician’s progress note in the client’s record and reads “insensible fluid loss of approximately 800 mL daily.”  The nurse understands that this type of loss can occur through which of the following?

74797bcaa467df253f80853c0f1c3f74e4e5a7c8.jpg    The Rosetta Stone, 196 B.C.E., Ptolemaic Period, 112.3 x 75.7 x 28.4 cm, Egypt (British Museum, London)     In a few sentences, describe why the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 was so important to the study of art history. Be sure to note why we see three different sets of text here (and which three languages are used).

125a4cd9af9a117378c7e2cfc92dd5e23e70f782.jpg       Bull-leaping fresco from the east wing of the palace of Knossos (reconstructed), c. 1400 B.C.E., fresco, 78 cm high     What practice do scholars believe the Bull Leaping mural from the palace of Knossos on Crete represents? Furthermore, what do scholars think this practice means within the Minoan culture. Write a short essay (5-8 sentences) addressing these questions. Proof read and spell check for errors. Write in paragraph form, using full sentences, correct grammar, and punctuation.

  3a46d2ecb5c76754d86914abbf9ca13afbee64e8.jpeg   Palette of King Narmer (detail), from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, c. 3000-2920 B.C.E., slate, 2′ 1″ high (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)    A pictorial device used in Egyptian Art in which figures are drawn with the aim of representing each part of the body from its most charactersitic angle is called _______________________. For example, heads are shown in profile to best represent the nose while eyes are shown frontal (look specifically to the lecture for this answer).

  Hammurabi.jpg   Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, Akkadian, pink limestone, 2254-2218 B.C.E. (Louvre, Paris)    In the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (Akkadian, pink limestone, 2254-2218 B.C.E.), the ruler’s horned helmet is symbolic of _____________________.