Gardner’s 11th ed., p. 16

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/waymac/History%20A/A%20Term%201/4.%20Sumerians/slides.htm

Chapter 2 - ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Content Area 2: Ancient Mediterranean 35000BCE – 300 CE

Historical Context •  Society advanced – written record - law codes, scientific

observation of heavens, math, unified measurements, weaving, metalcraft – bronze casting, pottery, temple worship, the wheel.

•  kingly form of government •  Organized religion:

•  Judaism –monotheistic •  Other cultures – polytheistic (Anu, Enlil, Inanna/

Ishtar, Utu)

Stylistic Characteristics •  Religion plays a part in art: divine kings, cosmology

guiding representation of deities. •  Cosmology: study of the Universe and its components,

how it formed, how it evolved and what is its future •  conventions of human form: combined profile with

three-quarter view •  hierarchy of scale •  registers •  architecture: ziggurats – for worshipping deities,

palaces (heavily fortified) proclaim power and authority of rulers.

Bushel with ibex motifs

Meander pattern

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White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk

2-2 Reconstruction drawing of the White Temple and ziggurat

http://www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/_ART201/sumeria.htm

Bent Axis

Temple (cella)

Ziggurat

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Statuettes of Worshipers Votive Figures

www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm

www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm

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Standard of Ur

Registers, Narrative, Hierarchy of Scale , Inlay

http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter2.htm www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uec.html www.britannica.com

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Stele with law code of Hammurabi Hierarchy of Scale

Predecessor to Foreshortening – Depth suggested by an object at an angle

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Lamassu

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registers Persepolis (royal audience hall - apadana)

Reconstruction of apadana with bull capitals

faculty.evansville.edu/.../sum04/art105-12.html Bull Capitals

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Video: Reconstruction of

Persepolis from LACMA (5 min)

Persepolis (royal audience hall - apadana

Registers Hierarchy of Scale Isocephalic