Art as a continuum

Be able to not only identify the works of art, their periods and significant details; but find proof of influences across periods/cultures.

Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf periodExcavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, SyriaCeramic, paint; 2.83 x 1.65 in. (7.19 x 4.19 cm)Gift of Colt Archaeological Institute Inc., 1988 (1988.323.7)

Stamp seal amulet of a seated woman, 3300–2900 B.C.; Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr periodIran or MesopotamiaRhodochrosite; 0.85 x 1.02 in. (2.3 x. 3 cm)

Head of a woman from Uruk, c. 3500-3000BC. Marble, 8 ins

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Tell Asmar

Standing male worshipper, 2750–2600 B.C.; Early Dynastic period II; Sumerian styleExcavated at Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna), central MesopotamiaAlabaster (gypsum), shell, black limestone; H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, 2250–2150 B.C.; late Akkadian periodMesopotamia

Administrative tablet with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, 3100–2900 B.C.; Jemdet Nasr period (Uruk III script)MesopotamiaClay; H. 2 in. (5.3 cm)

Head of Akkadian RulerNineveh, 2,330 BC

Bronze, Height 14 ¼ inchesIraq museum, Baghdad

Pylos

Four Styles?Four Eras?

End of Bronze AgeConnection Between Pottery and

Trade

Greek Sculpture