Chapter 2: Mesopotamia & PersiaLesson 1:

Warm-up 9-2-14 Ch.2 MesopotamiaObj: SWBAT apply knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia to describe the context of the people on an exit slip.

Please respond in complete sentences:

1. Think back to the prehistoric people. Describe the context of the people in the Neolithic era.

2. Describe the possible functions for Stonehenge.

Chapter 1 8-27-14

Warm-up:

Homework Due Read Chapter 2, Pg. Cue Cards (8) Due: Chapter 2Refer to Chapter sheet

Class Expectations1. Students are respectful of everyone and all belongings

2. Students are prepared and on time with all materials

3. Students follow directions the first time given

4. Students keep food and drinks away during class (water only)

5. Students keep personal electronics off and out of sight (explicit permission will be given to use electronics).

• Hoods off• Food Away• Backpacks, purses,

bags, etc. on back of chair or under desk

Announcements: Quiz grades are in the

grade book Make up/re-take quiz

today or Thursday after school

Make sure you have your text book

Agenda: Warm-up Announcements and

Reminders Grade printouts Text Book Distribution Intro to Mesopotamia Group activity: Sumerian

art

Office HoursTuesday 3:00-4:00Thursday 3:00-4:00

CUE CARD GROUPS

1. 3-4 people to one group

2. Exchange phone numbers and emails

3. All works of art to be covered in this course WILL NOT be addressed during class.

4. It will be your responsibility to research those not covered.

5. You will create “Cue Cards,” like flash cards, of all artworks for homework.

6. Divide the list of artworks for each chapter among your group and complete your part then share info with your group--combine your efforts to complete all cue cards.

Intro to Mesopotamia

Intro to Ancient Mesopotamian Art• Humanity had settled in farms

• The use of plows and irrigation canals

• This area was known as the “Fertile Crescent”

• Area between Iraq and Iran, around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• The first clear narrative in art appears

Ancient Mesopotamian Art Context

Sumerian ArtDates: 3500 BCE- 2332 BCEKey Locations: southern IraqContextual Information:• Composed of city-states— independent self-

governing city• Sumerian rulers were viewed as the god’s

representatives on earth & keepers of earthly treasures

• Food and resources were readily available so many people could do other jobs—manufacture, trade, administration

• Institutionalized defense—armies formed by the government

Sumerian

Sumerian Art• Writing appeared—scratching of

pictographs in soft clay• Simple pictures standing for words

• Cuneiforms– wedge shapes signs pressed into clay—beginnings of writing

• Appearance of literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh• Story of Gilagmesh, a Uruk king who slayed

the monster Huwana

Sumerian

Stylistic Characteristics

Style –• The manner of doing

something• A distinctive

appearance

• Think of different fonts:• Font• Font

•Font• Font

Example: Prehistoric artPictures horses and bison in profileAnimal drawn in composite view or ‘twisted perspective’—head in profile but horns from the front.

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

Flashcard

Statuettes of Worshipers

Votive Figures

Flashcard

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

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

Standard of Ur Flashcard

NarrativeRegisters

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