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Flashcards by alex daniel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by alex daniel
almost 5 years ago
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Nanna Ziggurat UR (Iraq) c.2100BCE Sumerians |
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Warka Vase c.3000BCE Sumerians |
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Stele of Naram-sin 2254-2218BCE Akkadian |
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Votive Statue of Gudea c.2090BCE Lagash |
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Stele of Hammurabi c.1792-1750 BCE Babylonian |
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Lion Hunt North Palace of Assurbanipal c.645 BCE Ninevah, Assyrian |
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Lamassu Palace of Sargon II Khorsabad c. 721-706 BCE Assyrian |
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Ishtar Gate c. 575 BCE now Pergamon Musem, Berlin Neo Babylonian |
| Composite Pose | Having two or more perspectives in one figure |
| Stele | Stone used to commemorate |
| Cuneiform | -earliest known form of writing -wedge shaped writing system -no punctuation, sign=word,idea,number |
| Bitumen | -Tar-like substance that comes out of the ground. -water proof, oil based, and used as a sealant on top if terrace levels of ziggurat to prevent water damage. |
| ziggurat | a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. |
| Lamassu | is a Sumerian protective deity. It is often depicted as a hybrid of a human, bird, and either a bull or lion—specifically having a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. |
| Hierarchic Scale | a technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork |
| Code of Hammurabi | The Code of Hammurabi refers to a set of rules or laws enacted by the Babylonian King Hammurabi |
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