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Chapter 26

Visual and Style Analysis

Visual and Style Analysis

This activity contains 4 questions.

	Look in your text at the image of the Chilkat blanket (fig. 26-16). Look at the design and imagine it worn over the shoulders. Describe the difference you would imagine in this piece as a two-dimensional object (as we see if in the photo) and a three dimensional object (as it would be if worn). Explain how the object would be transformed when worn.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Look at the image of The Mother Goddess, Coatlicue in your text (fig. 26-4). Look carefully at the intricate detail. It is easy to become absorbed in the detail. Yet the details are subdued by the work as a whole. The work as a whole has visual unity. Explain why.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Look at The Mother Goddess Coatlicue and the Olmec colossal head from La Venta Park (fig. 12-3). Compare and contrast the two stone sculptures.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Look at the image of Machu Picchu in your text (fig. 26-7). Imagine that you are the first person to have crested the hill on which you stand. You are the first human to see this site since it was abandoned. What two or three things would you want to be sure to remember about what you see to tell to others?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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