Key PeriodsSumerian Art: 300-2000 BCE
Akkadian Art: 2300-2150 BCE Neo-Sumerian Art: 2150-2000 BCE Babylonian Art: 2000-1750 BCE Assyrian Art: 1200-612 BCE Neo-Babylonian Art: 612- 539 BCE Persian Art: 539-330 BCE |
key ideas
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Characteristics of Architecture
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Characteristics of Sculpture
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resources
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html
Artwork List
1. White Temple and its ziggurat, Uruk 2. Sumerian Votive Offerings 3. The Standard of Ur 4. Code of Hammurabi 5. Lamassu 6. The Audience Hall (apandana) at the Citadel at Persepolis |
Vocabulary
1. registers/friezes 2. lapiz lazuli 3. hierarchy of scale 4. votive offering 5. bent axis 6. cella 7. stele 8. apadana 9. column 10. capital 11. shaft 12. base 13. volutes |