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?