Ancient Near East 3500 B.C.E. - 331 B.C.E.. Greater Gods & Goddesses of the ancient near east Anu...
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Ancient Near East 3500 B.C.E. - 331 B.C.E.. Greater Gods & Goddesses of the ancient near east Anu (chief deity of Sumerians) - god of the sky Enlil (son
Greater Gods & Goddesses of the ancient near east Anu
(chief deity of Sumerians) - god of the sky Enlil (son of Anu) lord
of the winds and the earth Inanna/Ishtar - Sumerian goddess of love
/ war Utu (later known as Shamash) Sun god
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Key Ideas Birth of art in the service of state/religion
Mud-brick buildings faced with tile, stone, or painted Buildings
created for religion Ziggurats large stele to commemorate
achievements of rulers Guardian figures (hybrids of man/animal)
Some of the first narrative works of art Crenellations
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Innovations of the Ancient Near East Writing (cuneiform) Cities
Organized religion Organized government Laws Agriculture Bronze
casting And, of course, THE WHEEL!!!!
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Sumerian Art Tell Asmar Statues, c. 2700 B.C.E.,
limestone,alabaster, gypsum, Iraq. (slide in class) Votive figures
represent mortal humans, statues blessed by priests Different
heights hierarchy of scale Hands folded in prayer with twisted
pinky Huge eyes in reverence of deity Males: bare-chested /
Females: dress draped over one shoulder
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Standard of Ur, c. 2600 B.C.E., panel with shell, lapis lazuli,
limestone. hierarchy of scale: king is tallest figure; bodies in
profile while shoulders frontal; two sides (war / peace); use of
registers
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Lyre, c.2600 B.C.E., wood inlay of gold, shell, lapis lazuli.
Use of hybrid creatures
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Ziggurat, c. 2100 B.C.E., Ur, Iraq. Mud-brick; buttresses
create light/shadow pattern; whitewashed; tapers outward to drain
water, mountain-like; four corners oriented to compass points;
dedicated to moon god Nanna; temple on top
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Votive Statue of Gudea, c. 2120, Lagash (Iraq), diorite. Gudea
was governor of Lagash Votives showed him as embodiment of just
rule Folded hands around vessel with life-giving waters Sense of
calm, piousness Diorite was expensive proclaims wealth of
owner/importance of subject
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Akkadian Art
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Victory Stele of Naramsin (Naram-sin), c. 2254 B.C.E.,
sandstone, Iraq First deification of ruler Semitic language Solar
deities are represented by rays of sun, victory is blessed
Horizontal register replaced with wavy groundlines King Naramsin is
tallest figure and wears divine crown spacial hierarchy of scale
Defeated soldiers beg for mercy