"blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
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THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS . "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”. Mesopotamia/Ancient Near East. Cylinder Seal. Frontispiece (s). Lamassu. Sumerian. Uruk Vase, c.3000 BCE, 36” . Registers Theme: Ritual marriage of goddess and king - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS
Mesopotamia/Ancient Near East
Cylinder Seal
Frontispiece (s)
Lamassu
Sumerian
Uruk Vase, c.3000 BCE, 36”
RegistersTheme: Ritual marriage of goddess and kingto ensure fertility of crops
Great Lyre, c.2500BCE
Themes:
Royal Art
Funerary Art:
Mourning
Narrative Art: Banquet in the realm of the dead
Akkadian: Stele of Naram-Sin, c.2200 BCE
Themes: • Imperial Authority• Art and Text
Form: Hieratic Scale
Babylonian
Assyrian
Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, Ninevah, c.647.
Themes: • Royal Power• Genre: an apparent domestic scene
Neo-Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzar
Processional Way honoring Marduk
Mushhushshu
Parsa (Persepolis)
Themes:Diversity of the EmpireMilitary control/powerEmphasize economic prosperity