Art Beyond the European Tradition

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

What kind of structure is this? Hypostyle Hall

Seated Scribe, from Saqqara. c. 2400 BC. Limestone, height 21". Old Kingdom

Hunting Scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, New Kingdom

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

and Style Aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687 692. Islamic

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.

Where would it be found? Give 2 purposes it served. Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara. c. 2510-2460 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

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

Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Old Kingdom

Ashurbanipal hunting lions from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq, ca. 645-640 B.C.E., gypsum, approximately 5 ft. high, Assyrian ID

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

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

Last Judgment of Hu- Nefer, from his tomb, Thebes, Egypt, 19 th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1280, painted papyrus scroll, 1 6 high, New Kingdom

Where was it originally placed? What was its purpose? Pharaoh Khafre from Gizeh ca. 2500 BCE Found in his funerary temple Alternate dwelling place for the ka if the mummy should deteriorate too much

Artist What is it modeled after? Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 1568 1575. SINAN Hagia Sofia, Constantinople, Byzantine

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

What shift in practices does this show? Rock-cut tombs BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, 12 th Dynasty, ca. 1950 1900 BCE.,Middle Kingdom Shift away from royal burial in pyramids to burial in rock-cut tombs.

Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt, ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E., colossi approximately 65 ft. high, New Kingdom

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

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

Lamassu (winged human headed bull) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq, ca. 720-705 B.C.E., limestone, 13 ft. 10 in. high, Assyrian

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

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

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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