Download - Mesopotamian art
Mesopotamia
Periods Mesopotamian art
Sumer period
Sculpture
Architecture
Daily life themes
Akkad period
Black sculptures
Assyrian period
Reliefs
Babylonian
Babylon king: Hammurabi
Sumer period
Architecture
Ziggurat
The Sumerian city-state of Ur contained
an enormous mountain temple, known
as a ziggurat, to honor the moon-god,
Nanna.
Bearded bull
Bearded goat
Abu Temple statues
Earliest writingVegetal ichonographyReliefs mainlyZiggurats
Akkad period
Head of Gudea
Assyria period
Ashurbanipal in War
Ashurbanipal hunting Lions
Ashurbanipal with his Queen
The Dying Lioness
Naram Sin Stele
Babylonian period
Hammurabi Code
Winged bull with human head
Winged bull with human head
Ishtar Gate
Answer
1) Why didn't the Mesopotamian area develop as much in Architecture and art as the Egyptians?
2) What did a long beard represent in this area?
Analyze:
1) 4) How realistic were the sculptures?
2) Does the style of the sculptures tell us something about Mesopotamian Society and their beliefs?