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Valley High School
Ms. Sweet-Shibles
Ziggurat of Ur
2100 BCE
Standard of Ur
(War and Peace)
2600 BCE
Victory Stele of
Naram-Sin
2200 BCE
Mesopotamian Art
Time Periods:
Sumerian Art: 300-2000 BCE
Akkadian Art: 2300-2150 BCE
Neo-Sumerian Art: 2150-2000 BCE
Babylonian Art: 2000-1750 BCE
Assyrian Art: 1200-612 BCE
Battle of Ninevah, 612 BCE (modern day Iraq) Babylon won thus
resurrecting their former glory!
Neo-Babylonian Art: 612- 539 BCE
Persian King, Cyrus, overthrows Babylon
Persian Art: 539-330 BCE
Height of Persia is over at the razing of Persepolis by
Alexander the Great
Vocabulary:
Ziggurat
Profile vs. frontal
Twisted Perspective
hierarchy of scale
cuniform
Register
mosaic
polytheism
votive
conical
Lamass
(winged,human-headed bull)
720-705 BCE
Persepolis
518 B.C.E
Ishtar Gate
575 B.C.E
Create a Poster with your name or a saying using cuneiform letters with zentangle designs
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