Put Ancient Near Eastern Art civilizations in order (acronym)
SABHAP
Ancient Near Eastern Art buildings were created for
religion
buildings were made of
mud brick
Buildings were painted or faced with
tile, stone
large _ commemorated the achievements of ancient rulers were erected throughout Mesopotamia
Stelai
guardian figures that are usually hybrids of _ and _ protected the entrances to important sites
men, animals
Assyrian _ _ are among the first organized narrative works of art in history
lion reliefs
An audience hall in a persian palace
Apadana
The top element of a column
capital
system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow head shape
cuneiform
A round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces and image
cylinder seal
the front of a building. Sometimes, more poetically, a speaker can refer to a "side _" or "rear _
fa�ade
the map of a floor of a building
ground plan
a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the size of his or her representation in a work of art
hierarchy of scale
A colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art
lamassu
empty space around an object or a person, such as the cut out areas between a figure's legs or arms of a sculpture
negative space
sculpture that projects from a flat background
relief sculpture
a very shallow relief sculpture
bas-relief
stone slab used to mark a grave or a site
stele
A pyramid-like building made of several stories that indent as the building gets taller; thus, they have terraces at each level
ziggurat
Common characteristics of Ancient Near Eastern art
union of human and animal elements in a single figure, the use of hierarchy of scale, and the deification of rulers
These are characteristics of _ art: Contrasted with prehistoric art it has a realistic looking figures acting out identifiable narratives.Eyes are always wide open; men are bare-chested and wear a kilt. Women have their left shoulder covered; their right
Sumerian
These are characteristics of _ art: added on to Sumerian art with the deification of the king, who rules with the gods' approval, but without their assistance. Also had interest in erecting stelai or "stele" (singular form)
Akkadian
These are characteristics of _ art: used stone rather than mud-brick as building material, large uncut boulders are set in place as impressive fortifications
Hittite
These are characteristics of _ art: these artists praised the greatness of their king. Cuneiform appears everywhere. Shallow relief sculpture is a specialty
Assyrian
These are characteristics of _ art: erected monumental architecture, huge audience halls, and massive subsidiary buildings for grand ceremonies that glorified their country and their rulers. Their architecture is characterized by columns topped by two bul
Persian