ART 201: Ancient to Medieval Art, Fall 2021 Course Worksheet Works of Art in the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago If you enter the museum on Michigan Avenue, proceed through the Asian art galleries until you reach a wide hallway with windows overlooking the courtyard. The first two objects on the worksheet are in this hallway. If you enter from Monroe Street, proceed through the lobby of the modern wing and enter this hallway through the glass doors. 1.Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenos a.Who was Silenos? b.What is the young satyr doing? 2.Statuary Group of Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent (in a case against the courtyard side of the hallway) a.What Hellenistic sculpture seen in class does this remind you of? Proceed to the display of ancient art, which begins in the hall on the north side of the courtyard (to your left as you face the windows). 3.Statuette of a Striding Figure (in the case to the left at the entrance to the gallery) a. What is this figure made of? b. What type of being does this figure represent? c. What is he wearing on his head? 4.Pyxis by the Ampersand painter (in a case on the window side, to the right of the aisle) a.What mythical animal is depicted on this pyxis? b.Why was the artist called the Ampersand painter? 5.Aryballos (in case behind the one with the pyxis) a.What was an aryballos used for? b.What material is this one made from?
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