Iconography of the Roman and Greek Gods Question

Due Date: ______

PROJECT: Iconography of the Roman and Greek gods

Question: How can you tell which god or goddess you are viewing in a Roman or Greek painting, statue or mosaic? You have until Oct 7th in which to prepare a notebook or powerpoint presenting materials on the Roman gods and goddesses as listed below and be able to recognize the gods and goddesses as depicted by the ancients. This is two TEST GRADEs. One grade is the notebook/powerpoint. The other will come from a visual test. I will show pictures of a statue or other ancient depiction of a god or goddess. You will then give either the Roman or Greek name.

METHOD: The section on the gods and goddesses should contain one page/slide per deity. Each page/slide should contain the god’s:  Roman and Greek name  a picture of the god as depicted by the ancients (statue, mosaic or painting from ancient Rome and/or Greece  symbol for the deity –things that represent the god, their iconography  a picture of the symbol  short paragraph on the realm of responsibility for the god

The picture of the god must be from an ancient source such as a statue, vase or painting. Cartoons or modern renditions are not acceptable.

You must cite all your sources (including URLs) on each page. Search engines, such as Google images, are not sources!!

ASSEMBLE THE NOTEBOOK/POWERPOINT IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

DEITIES

Jupiter Juno Ceres Neptune Pluto Vesta Mars Venus Minerva Vulcan Diana Apollo Mercury Cupid Janus Proserpina Due Date: ______

Iconography Gradesheet

Name:______

_____Sources Cited (10) – you may simply copy the URL onto the page if it is a website. If it is a book, use MLA formatting.

_____Neatness (10) the notebook is neat lettering is neat & legible lines are erased pictures are requested type glue/tape not obvious presented in requested order

or pictures are requested type presented in requested order slides are well done effort was clearly put into ppt appropriate theme used slides are legible- be careful not to use yellow letters on top of pix, etc

_____Deities (40) Jupiter P N R S P/S Minerva P N R S P/S Juno P N R S P/S Vulcan P N R S P/S Ceres P N R S P/S Diana P N R S P/S Neptune P N R S P/S Apollo P N R S P/S Pluto P N R S P/S Mercury P N R S P/S Vesta P N R S P/S Cupid P N R S P/S Mars P N R S P/S Janus P N R S P/S Venus P N R S P/S Proserpina P N R S P/S

You should have for each: Picture, Roman & Greek Name, Realm, Symbol(s) and Picture of Symbol

_____ID Test section (40)

_____Total (100)