Art1A: Art in the Western World

Prof. Pat ChirapravatiKadema Hall 186

Office hours M. & W. between 2.45 to 4.15 p.m.

www. csus.edu/indiv/c/chirapravati

Requirements and Grading

• 4 EXAMS: Feb. 17, April 5, April 25, and May 17; each will be worth 25% of the final grade

• Slide reviews can be found on the website• Only four unexcused absences are allowed

in the semester

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Sumer and Akkad

Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Polytheistic

• Inanna-the Sumerian goddess of fertility, love, and war (Ishtar, Isis, Aphrodite, and Venus)

Sumerian

2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c. 2100-2050 BCE)

• 2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerian; c. 2900-2600)

• 2-12-13 Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Sumerian, 2685 BCE)

• 2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; 2254-2218)Limestone (1.98 m.)

• Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c. 1792-1750)

Terms

• Cuneiform

• Hierarchy

• Relief

• Stela

• Zuggurat

• pictograph

2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c. 2100-2050 BCE)

2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c. 2100-2050 BCE)

•2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerain; c. 2900-2600)

2-12-13 Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Summerian, 2685 BCE)

2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; 2254-2218)Limestone (1.98 m.)

Assyria and Babylon

• 2-18 Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian, c. 1792-1750)

• 2-20 Assurnasipal II Killing Lions, from the palace of Assursirpal, Nimrud, Iraq (Assyrian, c. 850 BCE)

• 2-22 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (Assyrian, c. 647 BCE)

• 2-25 Ishtar Gate and the Throne Room Wall, from Babylon (Neo-Babylon, 575 BCE)

Vocabulary

• Frieze

• Ishtar

2.18 Stele of Hummurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c. 1792-1750)

2-20 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace complex, Iraq, c. 850 BCE

2-21Reconstruction of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II, Iraq

2-22 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at NinevehIraq, 647 BCE

2-24 Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th century BCE

2-25 Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE

2-25 Ishtar Gate and throne room, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE