Class 3 Art and Architecture of the Ancient Near East

Mesopotamia - The area of the Tigris-Euphrates river valley

Terms
Hanging gardens (Garden of Eden) Ziggurat stepped mud brick pyramid Bas-relief sculpture two dimensional shallow sculpture Cuneiform writing writing system comprised of pictographs Hieroglyphics writing system containing alphabetic elements Pictographs pictures representing words or ideas Rhyton vessel used to contain liquids for drinking Hieratic writing Stylus tool used to make hieroglyphics/cuneiform Hieratic Scale use of size to demonstrate importance Cone mosaics style used by Sumerians as decoration Votive figures religious sculptures made for praise/offerings Epic of Gilgamesh epic poem of Ancient Mesopotamia-about King and friend Alabaster gypsum material used to make sculpture Diorite hard material used for sculpture Fertile crescent Stela standing stone slab-usually with basrelief and hieroglyphics (plural stele) Places People Uruk Ur Abi Temple at Eshnunna Sargon I Nineveh Assurbanipal Ain Ghazal Cultures Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian Gudea Hammurabi Queen Pu-

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Technique of Making Cone Mosaic Sumerian Art and Architecture *Nanna Ziggurat BC Ziggurat *Harp from Tomb of Queen Puabi Bulls Head of BC *Inlay of sound box BC Ur Ur 2110-2050 1250 BC

wood w/ lapis lazuli, gold, shell Ur 2680 BC Ur 2680 Ur 2680

*Votive Statues Limestone, alabaster, Gypsum Eshnunna 2900-2600 BC Votive Statue Limestone Eshnunna BC Akkadian Art *Stele of Naram-Sin 2200 BC *Head of an Akkadian Ruler 2300-2200 BC stone bronze Nineveh

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Neo-Sumerian Art and Architecture Head of Gudea 2150 BC *Standing Gudea BC Seated Gudea diarite 2150 BC Babylonian Art and Sculpture *Stele of Hammurabi stone 1792-1750 BC *Upper Part of stone 1750 BC

Lagash Lagash Lagash Susa Susa 17922150

Neo-Babylonian Architecture and Sculpture *Ishtar Gate glazed brick 750-539 BC *Ishtar Gate (as it may have looked) Nebuchadnezzarr II 604-562 BC Ishtar Gate (bull) 562 BC
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glazed brick

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Ishtar Gate (detail) 612-539 BC

glazed brick

Assyrian Art and Architecture Warriors w/ Horse stone

Khorsabad

1800 BC

*Winged Human-headed Bull Limestone Khorsabad 720 BC Dying Lionness Limestone Nineveh 645-635 BC *Assurbanipal/Queen in the Garden Alabaster Nineveh 647 BC *Assurbanipal slaying Lion Bas-Relief Palace Kuyunjik 630 BC *Plan of Palace of Sargon 705 BC Citadel of Sargon II 706 BC Gate of the Citadel, Sargon II 706 BC *Image can be found in your book Chances are if there are several images of one place/person/idea, it will be on your quiz and/or a part of your midterm. Khorsabad Khorsabad Khorsabad

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Kean

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