Ancient Near East: Sumer, Akkad, Neo-Sumeria, Babylon, Hittites, Assyria, Neo-Babylonia, Persia
Art History 114 with Dabb at University of Mary Washington
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By: Sarah Hazel
Textbook:
Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume I (8th Edition) (MyArtsLab Series)
Created: 2011-09-12
Size: 22 flashcards
Views: 60
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Size: 22 flashcards
Views: 60
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- White Temple, Uruk
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 3,500 - 3,000
- Whitewashed Brick
- Uruk, Iraq
- Female Head, Uruk
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 3,200 - 3,000
- Limestone
- Iraq Museum, Baghdad
- Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 2,100
- Solid mud brick set with bitumen
- Muqaiyir, Iraq
- Statuettes, Tell Asmar
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 2,700 - 2,500
- Limestone, Alabaster, Gypsum
- Iraq Museum, Baghdad and The Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago
- Royal Standard of Ur
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 2,600
- Wood inlaid with shell, limestone, lapis lazuli
- The British Museum, London
- Royal Lyre
- Ancient Near East: Sumer 2,600
- Wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell
- University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Head of a Ruler, Niveveh
- Ancient Near East: Akkad 2,250 - 2,200
- Copper
- Iraq Museum, Baghdad
- Stele of Naram-Sin, Susa
- Ancient Near East: Akkad 2,254 - 2,218
- Stone
- Musee du Louvre, Paris
- Gudea, Lagash, Iraq
- Ancient Near East: Neo-Sumeria 2,100
- Diorite
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (head)
- Stele of Hammurabi, Susa
- Ancient Near East: Babylon 1,760
- Diorite
- Musee du Louvre, Paris
- Lion Gate, Boghazkoy
- Ancient Near East: Hittites 1,400
- Stone
- Anatolia, Turkey
- Citadel and Winged Bulls, Khorsabad
- Ancient Near East: Assyria 742 - 706
- Stone
- Khorsabad, Iraq
- Reliefs, Nimrud
- Ancient Near East: Assyria 883 - 859
- Alabaster
- The British Museum, London
- Reliefs, Niveveh
- Ancient Near East: Assyria 645
- Alabaster
- The British Museum, London
- Ishtar Gate, Babylon
- Ancient Near East: Neo-Babylonia 575
- Glazed Brick
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Palace of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis
- Ancient Near East: Persia 518 - 460
- Stone
- Persepolis, Iran
- Sculpture of Bull in the Musee du Louvre
Hieratic Scale
Importance signaled through position and size
Sargon I
Great Akkadian Ruler
Glyph
relates to the word "to cave"
stylized sign that stands for something
Ashurnasirpal
Gruesome King of Assyria (Reliefs of Nimrud: Carving with text over him)
Ashurbanipal
(Reliefs of Nineveh: Carvings of animal hunting)
Apadana
Persian word meaning "thrown room"
About this deck
By: Sarah Hazel
Textbook: Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume I (8th Edition) (MyArtsLab Series)
Created: 2011-09-12
Size: 22 flashcards
Views: 60
Textbook:
Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, Volume I (8th Edition) (MyArtsLab Series)Created: 2011-09-12
Size: 22 flashcards
Views: 60
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