1 Description- describe what you see- imagine that the person you are describing it to is not there or is blind. How will you make the work of art visible through verbal description?
2 Summary and paraphrase textbook- summarize and paraphrase what you think are the most important pieces of information that you gleaned from the textbook- read the book closely and put it in your own words.
Textbook -> (A fragmentary white marble female head (FIG. 2-4) from Uruk is also an extraordinary achievement at so early a date. The head, one of the treasures of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, disappeared during the Iraq war of 2003 but was later recovered. (FIG. 2-4, which shows the head during its presentation at a press conference after its recovery, gives an excellent idea of its size. Other missing items from the museum that were later recovered, in some cases damaged, include FIGS. 2-5 and 2-12.) The lustrous hard stone used to carve the head had to be brought to Uruk at great cost, and the Sumerians used the stone sparingly. The “head” is actually only a face with a flat back. It has drilled holes for attachment to the rest of the head and the body, which may have been wood. Although found in the sacred precinct of the goddess Inanna, the subject is unknown. Many scholars have suggested that the face is an image of Inanna, but a mortal woman, perhaps a priestess, may be portrayed. Often the present condition of an artwork can be very misleading, and the Uruk head is a dramatic example. Its original appearance would have been much more vibrant than the pure white fragment preserved today. Colored shell or stone filled the deep recesses for the eyebrows and the large eyes. The deep groove at the top of the head anchored a wig, probably made of gold leaf. The hair strands engraved in the metal fell in waves over the forehead and sides of the face. The bright coloration of the eyes, brows, and hair likely overshadowed the soft modeling of the cheeks and mouth. The missing body was probably clothed in expensive fabrics and bedecked with jewels.)
3 Research- go online and find additional information about the image and provide the links for that information for your peers. Make sure to summarize and do not simply cut and paste or give us just the URLs.
4 Contemporary Culture- relate the theme to something that you find in our current visual vernacular on popular culture- Why is this image relevant today?