Lecture 6 Visual Culture of Leaders and Deities, Ancient Egypt and Western Asia

February 5, 2024

Upon completion of this module, which includes Lectures 6 and 7, students will have accomplished the following:

MLO 4.1: Students will demonstrate an understanding of how leaders in ancient Egypt deliberately aligned themselves with specific deities in order to elevate their own power, as introduced in Lecture 6.
MLO 4.2: Students will recognize how the appearance of art and architecture in ancient Egypt changed according to which deities leaders chose to align themselves with, as discussed in Lecture 6.
MLO 4.3: Students will recognize how the art and architecture of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, and Neo-Babylonians was designed to visually reinforce the relationship between their royal and religious leaders and the deities with whom they aligned themselves, as discussed in Lecture 6.
MLO 4.4: Students will be able to differentiate the art and architecture of these various cultures based on examples presented in Lecture 6.

In this module, you will:

Watch: Lecture 6: Visual Culture of Leaders and Deities, Ancient Egypt and Western Asia (see videos below)
Watch: Lecture 7: Visual Culture of Leaders and Deities, Buddhist Art in India (to be published on Wednesday)
Complete: Lecture Quiz 6/7 (to be published with Lecture 7 on Wednesday)
Complete: Reading Reflection 1

While viewing the slides, be sure to take notes just as you would during a regular face-to-face classroom lecture. This will put you in good shape to take Lecture Quiz 6/7, which is due no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, February 11th.
If you need help spelling some of the key words and names, take a look at the Key Terms list below.
While completing the Lecture Quiz, you are allowed to go back over the lecture and review any of the slides or information. (It is possible to have more than one Canvas tab open at a time.) Good luck.

Here are some key terms and concepts from today's lecture:

Ancient Egypt

Western Asia