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Cuyamaca College Rulers and Leaders Question

 

Do portraits of ruler and leaders tell us what he or she looked like in reality?

Discuss several aspects in each work of art that seem individual and realistic versus those aspects that may exaggerate or idealize a ruler or leader’s appearance.

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Egyptian 2 17a Egyptian Funerary mask of Tutankhamun 1323 BCE

Gower 17b George Gower Elizabeth I 1588

Heartfield 17c John Heartfield Have No Fear, He’s a Vegetarian 1936

Fairey 17d Shepard Fairey Hope (Barack Obama) 2008

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