Answer all of these but keep it very short even when it is outlawed, art finds a means of expression

Answer all of these but keep it very short

even when it is outlawed, art finds a means of expression Explain this statement in terms of

Islamic mosque decoration

Analyze the portrayal of women in Islamic literature, referencing The Thousand and One Nights

(p 310)

What does “The First Old Man’s Tale” of the Arabian Nights reveal about families and human

behavior?

Describe the change of style in painting that we see in Siena’s and Florence’s painters around the

1300’s (in painters like Duccio di Buoninsegna, Martini, Cimabue and Giotto) What does this

change of style reflect about this time or epoch?

Describe the change of style in the sculptures that we see decorating the Gothic cathedrals (from

Chartres 1145 to Chartres 1215 to Reims 1255) (p 417)

What is Dante’s rationale for the punishment meted out to sinners? Give an example of a sin and

its punishment

Discuss and provide two example of how Dante includes some of the most important themes

and ideas of the High Middle Age