Ancient Art, PART 1

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): First seen in....

• Assyria, Iraq

• Persia, Iran

• Mesopotamia, Iraq

• Anatolia, Turkey

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): Pottery was very popular, portraying their culture. Which is this one?

• Greek Geometric Krater

• Egyptian Alabastron

• Minoan Kamares Ware

• Vase from the Late Ubaid Period.

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): This is..... It is also known as the Mask of Warka, c. 3000 BCE

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): Start of the written history- The first fully developed written script.
• It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form its signs.
• Originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia.
• It was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. It is called......

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Runes

• Linear B

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): This is called ..... It is a monument, celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma.

• The Code of Hammurabi

• The Rosetta Stone

• The Standard of Ur

• The stele of the vultures

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): This is.... It ia a pyramidal stepped temple tower, An architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia, a Major architectural accomplishment for the Sumerians, as well as subsequent Mesopotamian cultures.

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): This is..... Constructed in the late 4th millenium B.C.E. in Uruk. Greatest creation for the summerians. Located on the center of the city.

Sumerian Art (3500-2340 B.C.): Does the Ziggurat temple exist nowadays?

• YES

• NO

Babylonian Art (1792-1750 BC): It is known for....

• • Babylonian legal text
  • It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East.
  • The primary copy of the text is inscribed on a basalt stele 2.25 m tall

• • • Intricate fresco paintings on palace walls, mainly depicting mythological scenes.

• • • Large bronze statues of gods made during the Bronze Age.

• 1. • Elaborate mosaic floors common in Roman villas.

Babylonian Art (1792-1750 BC): is famous for its....

• • Renaissance sonnets written in Latin.

• • Ancient Greek tragedies performed in amphitheaters.

• Old Babylonian poetrry

• 1. Egyptian hieroglyphic religious texts.