Kuntz
AP Art History
AP
THE NEAR EAST
Ancient Mediterranean
(3500 - 330 BCE)
12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. Mud brick.
12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. Mud brick.
14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, height of largest figure approx. 30”. The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. Also: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq.
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, 8” x 1’7”. British Museum, London, England.
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone, 8” x 1’7”. British Museum, London, England.
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt, height of stele approx. 7’4”; height of figural relief 28”. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt, height of stele approx. 7’4”; height of figural relief 28”. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.
Key Periods:
Sumerian Art: 3500-2332 BCE
Akkadian Art: 2332-2150 BCE
Neo-Sumerian Art: 2150-1600 BCE
Babylonian Art: 2150-1600 BCE
Assyrian Art: 1600-612 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Art: 604- 559 BCE
Persian Art: 525-330 BCE
Height of Persia ends with destruction of
Persepolis by Alexander the Great
CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
UNIT SHEET: below
SNAPSHOT Sheet:
Ancient Near East Unit Sheet:
Ancient Near East Unit Sheet:
APAH 250 Images:
5. Beaker with Ibex motifs
6. Anthropomorphic stele
12. White Temple and ziggurat
14. Statues of votive figures (Sumerian)
16. The Standard of Ur
19. Code of Hammurabi
25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
30. Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
- apadana
- apadana stairway
Additional Image
Victory Stele of Naram sin
Michael Rakowitz’s assembly of facsimiles replicates through disposable packaging items looted from the National Museum of Iraq.
