Visual Analysis of the Potentates’ Portraits

Name of Ruler in the

Portrait

List 5 items of costume and

accessories that you notice in
the portrait

Identify and describe 2

examples of visual imagery
the artist used in the painting
to show that this ruler is a
powerful figure

List and describe 3 luxury

items illustrated in the
portrait that demonstrate
advanced levels of trade and
manufacture or arts in the
country

What visual ideas can you

identify that all of the
portraits share?

What differences can you

identify among the portraits?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!
Directions: Skim through chapter 10 and find the dirt on these monarchs. What did they do to flex their
absolute power and treaty their people poorly.

Name: What they did: