An Interpretation Activity

Assessing Women's Past Through Art

Task: Examine the picture presented below, then answer these questions:

1. What is happening in the image? ____________________________________________________

2. What civilization might it come from? ____________________________________________________

3. Approximately what time period was it made? ____________________________________________________

4. What snipet of information can be deduced about the role of women in the society from which it comes? ___________

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#4 Miniature Painting in a Book Commissioned by the Court