MESOPOTAMIA
ART
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/ziggurats.html
BY Logan.Beaupre,Aaron.Johnson,and
JP Gieras
We chose this topic because
we thought it would be
interesting and we wanted to
learn more about it
BABYLONIAN ART
Babylonians make reliefs which are animal carvings. They use arches
for building. They also use terracotta geotromic art with patterns.
They also use Ziggurats as well. They make buttresses and vaults. The
arches have voussirs with cedar. They use the cedar as a decoration.
They have battlements as well. They have square platforms in their
building.
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/moduleimage/arthistory
MASTERPIECES
 There are rich
roots in a museum
in New York City
 There are
bronze art from
long ago
Mesopotamia
there also
Some of there art was
carving paintings onto
bronze sculptures they
made. They also made
tablets with writings and
pictures. Another master
piece they made was the
art of writing. this was a
masterpiece because they
invented the first form of
writing.
This is a bronze
sculpture of one of
their kings head
• There were
types of
paintings but
they were
carved
• A type of art
was mud
brink temples
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BRONZE AND SILVER
SCULPTURES
Mesopotamian bronze sculptures are a big
part of their art. They are a big part of
their art because they make many bronze
sculpture's. It is also one of the most
common. It is one most common art
because it is made a lot.
This is a bronze
monkey
sculpture from
Mesopotamia as
you can see. It
was made based
on a monkey
that they though
was sacred or
special.
http://www.itemview.com
ARCHITECTURE
Before
AFTER
Mesopotamia has its fair
share Architecture. It has
many temples which is
architecture. The have a
temple named ziggurat.
Ziggurat is a church but
also a temple.
http://factsanddetails.com/media/2/20120208Assur%20The_U.S._Army.jpg
This is the architecture before Mesopotamia was
attacked. This picture is a arch that the
Mesopotamian built together as a group. It is made
out of sand
http://historyofrchitecture.blogspot.com
This is the architecture after Mesopotamia was
destroyed. It’s a picture of a ruin from Mesopotamia.
As you can see one lion lost its head.
STATUES
They used the statues to make the
place look nice. Babylonian (625538 BC) they exceeded in
Mesopotamian art and in brightly
colored glazed. Assyrian (1400-
600bc) are the next artists.
This is a
sculpture of
a boy , a
monkey and
a goat
Statue of King Ashurnasirpal II,
from Nimrud, Temple of Ishtar,
875-860 BCE. A rare surviving
example of an Assyrian sculpture in
the round
http://artbahrain.org/web/?p=4850
http://mesopotamiahistory.wikispaces.com/Art
WALL CARVINGS
They use Murals which are wall decorations. They also use
clay for most of their sculptures. Ziggurats were decorated
with glazed tiles. They painted their murals. They also have
sculptures of animal heads which they had to carve. None of
the murals made it. The bricks were made with clay and mud.
They also decorate their work with tile decoration.
http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/Assuan/Philae/images01
/18%20Wall%20carvings.jpg
ASSYRIAN ART
Assyrians made wall carvings and also
sculptures and then they decorated
them with glaze. They made shrines
and monuments. They use clay and
mud for different artwork. They also
have stone and bricks. They have
animals on their wall carvings.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_32.143.2.jpg
TILES
A cast of a stone tablet
from the Uruk period
(3300 - 3100 BC). The
original is from Kish and
was in Iraq Museum.
(Whether it is still there is
uncertain due to looting
last year.) Symbols: head,
hand, foot, 1, 2, 3,
hammer
Two men drink
using straws out of
a big pot on the
top brownish tile
Below it shows a
bird between to
honored animals
http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classe
s/econ355/choi/bab.htm
WORKS CITED
<“Covington Richard Mesopotamian Masterpieces” ICONN.org
Smithsonian 2003 September 23, 2014
“http://eds.b.ebschost.com “
“Mesopotamia Art ” The Oriental Article Britannica 2014. Web
September 23, 2014 “https://oi.uchicago.edu”
Mesopotamia Art and Architecture Encyclopedia Britannica 2014
http://www.brittannica.com
WORK CITED
<“Encyclopedia.com 2014 Babylonian Architecture .web ”
September 26, 2014
www.encyclopedia.com/
<“ Babylonian Art and Architecture”
2014 September 26, 2014 Oxford Index
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/