Discuss the pyramids of Giza in detail

Visit the museum or cultural heritage website and complete all facets of the tour.

Based on the prompt for each Virtual Tour, compose a journal entry on Blackboard of at least 400 words.

You should begin each journal entry by describing what you saw in the tour.

Use information in the virtual tour, your textbook, library resources for further research.

Your journal entry must contain at least 1 academic citation (this does not include the tour, the Bible, or the textbook, NO WEBSITES) in current MLA format. An academic source is a peer-reviewed journal article or book from the Jerry Falwell Library website. Use databases such as JStor to find art history articles.

Virtual Tour 1: The Caves at Lascaux

http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en

alternate link if above link doesn’t work: http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/fr#/en/00.xml

Describe what you saw in the tour. Discuss how Prehistoric humans first started communicating with a visual language as seen in the Lascaux Caves. These images are some of the only clues we have about life during this time, especially since there were written records left behind (hence the term “pre” history – before written history). What stories do these pictures tell us about our Prehistoric ancestors.

Note: Do not focus on when the caves were built (scientific vs. Christian dating), that is not the point. We are looking at the earliest expressions of humankind, regardless of when they were created, we all agree they are the earliest. Focus on the meaning, purpose, skillfulness, the ART.

Virtual Tour 2: The AncientCity of Petra

https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/petra/

Describe what you saw on the tour of Petra; relate your Biblical knowledge to the historical site of Petra.

Virtual Tour 3: The Pyramids of Giza

https://www.google.com/intl/en/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/pyramids-of-giza/

Describe what you saw on the tour. Discuss the pyramids of Giza in detail. Consider how ancient cultures built monuments and burial chambers compared to Judeo-Christian monument and burial practices.

Virtual Tour 4: Greek Acropolis

http://www.yougoculture.com/virtual-tour/athens/myth

Describe what you saw on the tour.

Choose two (2) architectural structures from the virtual tour and discuss how each building represents the most important factors of Classical Greek Architecture. Describe each building using architectural terms from the tours and the textbook – what type of columns (doric, ionic, corinthian) were used? –what building techniques were used? and so forth. Discuss the purpose and functionof the buildings.

Finally, make a modern connection: how are Greek architectural forms used today in civic and religious architecture today?