art

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Warka vase- presentation of offering to Inanna
3000 BCE
Sumerian
Uruk, Iraq
alabaster
a hiery of beings (registers)- goddes on love and war - fertility and protection

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Victory stele of Naram-sin
2254 BCE (2200 BCE)
Akkadian
Pink sandstone
Susa, Iraq
commerates his victories over his enemies- godlike( helmet w. bullhorns)

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Seated Statue of Gudea holding a temple plan
2100 BCE
Neo- Sumarian
diorite(forver)
Girsu, Iraq
temple patrion (blueprints on lap)

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Stele with law code of Hammurabi
1780 BCE
Babylonians
black basalt stele
susa, Iran
close to god (blessed) cares abour law and order

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Lamassu (winged human-headed bull)
720 BCE
Assaryian
Limestone
citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
to guard the gate of Sargon (protection) bull-horns (godlike)

unknown
Palette of King Narmer
3000 BCE
Egyptian
Stale
Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Left (upper) right (lower) threatning messages for unification

Mastaba (Arabic "bench")
typical Egyptian mastaba tomb
stone, sloped sides
erected over tomb
shaft to outside gave ka access to tomb
serdab (4) small concealed chamber in chapel (1) with statue of deceased

Imhotep
Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precient of Djsoer
2630 BCE
Egyption
saqqara, Egypt
evolvution of mastabas- made for king djoser

levels (lines)
bands in a pictural narrative or levels
Ex. warka vase, or victory stele of naram-sin

register

bench"
an ancient egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with slopind side (trapazoid) eracted over a subterranean tomb chamber connected w. the outside shaft
Ex: typical Egyptian Matabasa tombs (3-4)

mastaba

wedge-shaped
writing used in Mesopotamia (sumarian) produced by a wedges shape stylus on soft clay
Ex: writing on the seated statue of Gudea or stele with law code of hammurabi

cuneiform

Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull. (Sargon II) 2-21

lamassu

constucton metod 3 pillars like a door way
Ex. Stonehedge

post-and-lintel system

like a stamp mark possesions as yours ( documents jars etc.) designated ownership- unique name label
Ex. Banquet seal

cylinder seals

king of babylon(standing) represented in law stele blessed by the god shamash(fire) to enact laws
ex. stele with law code of Hammurabi

Hammurabi

used for make-up (pallette)- stop irratation of sun
ex. palette of King Narmer

Egyptian Palette

a fortress (forfeted place) that commands a city -protects the town
ex. reconstruction of citadel of Sargon II

Citadel

ancient mesopotamium architecture a monumental platform for a temple (elevate to be closer to god)
ex. White temple and ziggurat in uruk, iraq

Ziggurat

sculpture only worth seeing from 1 angel (standout from background) not the same when viewed from a different angel subjcets project from background but remain part of it.
Ex: two bison or palette of king narmer

Relief

red crown- lower egypt( Butterfly)
white crown- upper egypt( bowling)
double- Combination (unification)

red crown, white crown, double crown

southwest

Where is Egypt from Mesopatamia? where is Egypt from Europe?

northeast

where is Mesopatamia from Egypt? where is Mesopatamia from Europe?

southeast

Where is Persia from Mesopotamia?

Paleolithic- when you hunt and gather you have to move around (nomatic) alot so the art sculpture is small and portable (venus of willendorf)- fetility
Neolithic- you become farmers and herders and therefore you settle down so the artwork become large bec

lifestyle of Paleolithic people. How did it change in the Neolithic Period?(lifestyle-how people lived-how they found food and if they moved arounf or settled down)

settled life (neolithic) allows more stability in life and therfore there is more (spare) time. arts invented were weaving (clothes), metalwork (tools), pottery, counting & recording w/ tokens which lead to writting

What sorts of arts & crafts were invented in the Neolithic period? what led to this invention? that is why where they only invented in the neolithic period ( why not earlier in the Paleolithic period)?

Narmer(catfish) is the pharaoh of egypt (king of united Egypt) same king appears on both sides with a differet crown when you add both sides it lead to the unification of Egypt
historical significance its the first historical artifact from Egypt ( records

Who is Narmer and why was he important to ancient Egypt? what is the historical significance of the Pallete of Narmer?

Egyptians believed their was an afterlife once they died (immortality). Ka( life force),on the death of the body, would inhabit the corpse and live on. they mummified the body to perseve the body and organs where perserved in jars (lungs, liver,stomach, i

Discuss the Egyptian after life. How does it help us (today) understand their civilization?

ziggurat- trapozoid used to elevate a temple making it closer to god (solid mudbrick)- whitewashed walls
mastaba- "bench" rectagular brick or stone structure w/ sloping eracted over an undergraound burial chamber (trapozoid) w/ a chapel
Stepped pyramid- m

Explain the difference between ziggurat, a mastaba, and a stepped pyramid.