Art Beyond the European Tradition

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1 Art Beyond the European Tradition

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3 White Temple and ziggurat Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E., mud brick, Sumerian

4 What kind of structure is this? Hypostyle Hall

5 Seated Scribe, from Saqqara. c BC. Limestone, height 21". Old Kingdom

6 Hunting Scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, New Kingdom

7 What does it commemorate? Palette of Narmer, Pre-Dynastic Commemorates how Narmer (aka Menes) unified of Upper and Lower Egypt

8 and Style Aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Islamic

9 What is this? Where would it be found? What purpose does it serve? Mihrab In the qibla wall in a mosque. Signifies which wall faces Mecca.

10 Where would it be found? Give 2 purposes it served. Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara. c B.C. E.,Painted limestone relief, height approx. 45". Old Kingdom Relief in the mastaba of Ti. Entertaining the ka in the afterlife Scenes of hunting to provision ka in afterlife Symbol of triumph of good over evil

11 Stele with code of Hammurabi from Susa, Iran, ca. 1,780 B.C.E., basalt, 88 in. high, Babylonian

12 Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Old Kingdom

13 Ashurbanipal hunting lions from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq, ca B.C.E., gypsum, approximately 5 ft. high, Assyrian ID

14 Prayer hall of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 8th to 10th centuries.

15 Victory stele of Naram-Sin from Susa, Iran ca. 2,254-2,218 B.C.E., sandstone, 79 in. high, Akkadian

16 Last Judgment of Hu- Nefer, from his tomb, Thebes, Egypt, 19 th Dynasty, ca , painted papyrus scroll, 1 6 high, New Kingdom

17 Where was it originally placed? What was its purpose? Pharaoh Khafre from Gizeh ca BCE Found in his funerary temple Alternate dwelling place for the ka if the mummy should deteriorate too much

18 Artist What is it modeled after? Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, SINAN Hagia Sofia, Constantinople, Byzantine

19 Why is this artwork appropriate for a mosque? Imagery consists of architectural, floral, and geometric designs only. No portraiture of zoomorphic images.

20 What shift in practices does this show? Rock-cut tombs BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, 12 th Dynasty, ca BCE.,Middle Kingdom Shift away from royal burial in pyramids to burial in rock-cut tombs.

21 Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt, ca B.C.E., colossi approximately 65 ft. high, New Kingdom

22 Purpose Statuettes of worshippers from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq, ca. 2,700 B.C.E., Sumerian Surrogates for worshippers placed in temple on top of ziggurat. They were eternally praying to the gods

23 ID What was special about the person for whom theis was made? Who designed it? Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut Deir el-bahri, Egypt, ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E., New Kingdom She was the first great female monarch whose name was recorded Senmut

24 Lamassu (winged human headed bull) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq, ca B.C.E., limestone, 13 ft. 10 in. high, Assyrian

25 site ID two items in the photo. Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, ca. 13th century B.C.E., New Kingdom Obelisk Colossal Statues Pylon

26 Style List 3 significant aspects of this style or politics Akhenaton and family with god Aton (sun disk Ra), Tell-el-Amarna, New Kingdom Amarna Moved capital from Thebes to Amarna Started monotheistic religion Challenge to existing polytheistic priests Developed curvilinear style More naturalistic and expressive Greater status of wife and children

27 Standard of Ur (war side) from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraqca. 2,600 B.C.E. wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone, approximately 8 x 19 in., Sumerian

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