Question 1Not yet graded / 25 pts We have spent a fair amount of discussion time on the idea of context, that an art object has a specific relationship with the culture or person that produced it, which is not always reflected in its display as a visual object today.  Look at the theme of Food and Shelter and pick three distinct objects from the chapter that demonstrate this idea of context while also illuminating the ideas of the theme itself.  Question 2Not yet graded / 25 pts Tarot cards have their root in Renaissance Europe and initially had little to do with Mysticism and the Occult.  Today we primarily associate them with Fortune Tellers and Card Readers, but originally, they were a card game that used metaphorical imagery about the spiritual ascent of man to higher levels of thought and action.  Examine the below image of the Sun card and write an essay on how you think the imagery within it relates to the material we have covered in the course.  Think of objects from the book that might relate either visually, thematically or conceptually. Question 3Not yet graded / 10 pts Compare and Contrast the Shrine at Ise with Wright's Falling Water Question 4Not yet graded / 10 pts Compare and Contrast the Etruscan Reclining Couple with the Dogon Couple Question 5Not yet graded / 10 pts Compare and Contrast Frank Gehry's Bilbao Museum with Chartres Cathedral  Question 6Not yet graded / 10 pts Compare and Contrast Jesus as the good Shepherd in the catacombs to Rivera's Dia de Muertos Question 7Not yet graded / 10 pts Compare and Contrast the Woman of Willendorf with Xilonen Question 8Not yet graded / 10 pts Imagine you are in the future 500 years and are studying I.M. Pei's building for the Bank of China  and you are told it was a Mausoleum.  How would you relate it to the chapters on Deities and  Mortality and Immortality? Question 9Not yet graded / 10 pts This image of the African Rock Painting was discussed in the chapter on Food and Shelter.  What connections can you make with the other themes we have studied? Question 10Not yet graded / 10 pts Look at Judy Chicago's Dinner Party and connect it to the chapters of Reproduction and Sexuality and Deities and Places of Worship. Question 11Not yet graded / 10 pts We looked at the Cili-Shaped Crown of Bali in Chapter 7.  What other connections can you make with the themes we have covered in this course so far? Question 12Not yet graded / 10 pts Examine the Egyptian Fowling Scene  closely, and relate it to the themes and ideas from Chapters 5 & 7 Your Answer: 

From what you've learned in the chapter on Sensation and Perception, you should now know how easily our perceptions can be fooled. We are susceptible to illusions (for all senses), our brains actively try to interpret ambiguous or partially processed information which often results in our misinterpreting the world, and our brains lie to us in order to make the world seem more stable (e.g., the constancies).Knowing all this, then, should we believe a person when they claim that they've seen a ghost, or "spoken with dead people" or were abducted by aliens (etc.)? What sort of evidence should be considered "good enough" to believe such extraordinary claims?