Ancient Near Eastern Art
Vocabulary
Ancient Near Eastern Art
The Fertile Crescent
Vocabulary
Ziggurat
White Temple
Uruk
Modern-day Austria
c. 3500 BCE
c. 24,000 BCE
Vocabulary
Votive
Votive Figures
Modern-day
Eshnunna
Austria
c. 24,000 BCE
c. 2700 BCE
Hierarchy of
Scale
Vocabulary
Register
Standard of Ur
Ur
Modern-day Austria
c. 2600 BCE
c. 24,000 BCE
Vocabulary
Code of Hammurabi
Susa
c. 1750 BCE
Modern-day Austria c. 24,000 BCE
Hierarchy of Scale
Stele
Cuneiform
Relief Sculpture
Vocabulary
Lamassu
Lamassu (Winged Guardian)
Dur Sahrrukin
Modern-day Austria
c. 720 BCE
c. 24,000 BCE
Vocabulary
Apadana
The
Immortals
Apadana of Darius and Xerxes
c. 500 BCE
Persepolis
Modern-day Austria
c. 24,000 BCE
Vocabulary
Capital
Bull Capital
c. 500 BCE
Persepolis
Modern-day Austria
c. 24,000 BCE
• The Ancient Near East brought about the birth of art in the service of the
state and religion. Combined with writing, Mesopotamian objects give us the
first systematic record of human development.
• Ancient Near Eastern buildings were created for religion (like the Nanna
Ziggurat), or for the state, like the Apadana. Usually made from mud brick
and then painted, or faced with tile or stone.
• Large stelai commemorating the achievements of rulers were erected
throughout Mesopotamia
• Guardian figures, usually hybrids of human and animals, were placed to
protect the entrances to important sites.
• Assyrian lion reliefs are among the first narrative works of art in history.
Ancient
Egyptian
Art
Vocabulary
Upper and Lower Egypt
Vocabulary
Hieratic
Scale
Palette of King Narmer
c. 3000 BCE
Papyrus
Vocabulary
Seated Scribe
Saqqara
c. 2600 BCE
Vocabulary
Veneer
Great Pyramids and Sphinx
Giza
c. 2500 BCE
Vocabulary
King Menkaura and Queen
Giza
c. 2500 BCE
Vocabulary
Hypostyle Hall
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
Karnak
c. 1550 BCE
Vocabulary
Rock Cut
Tombs
Axial Plan
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Luxor
c. 1475 BCE
Vocabulary
Sunken
Relief
Amarna
Period
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
Amarna
c. 1350 BCE
Vocabulary
Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Mask of King Tutankhamen
Deir el-Bahri
c. 1325 BCE
Vocabulary
Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Mask of King Tutankhamen
c. 1275 BCE