Art1A: Art in the Western World Prof. Pat Chirapravati Kadema Hall 186 Office hours M. & W. between 2.45 to 4.15 p.m. www. csus.edu/indiv/c/chirapravati

Requirements and Grading 4 EXAMS: Feb. 17, April 5, April 25, and May 17; each will be worth 25% of the final grade Slide reviews can be found on the website Only four unexcused absences are allowed in the semester

Ancient Near Eastern Art Sumer and Akkad

Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Polytheistic Inanna-the Sumerian goddess of fertility, love, and war (Ishtar, Isis, Aphrodite, and Venus)

Sumerian 2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c BCE) 2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerian; c ) Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Sumerian, 2685 BCE) 2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; )Limestone (1.98 m.) Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c )

Terms Cuneiform Hierarchy Relief Stela Zuggurat pictograph

2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c BCE)

2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerain; c )

Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Summerian, 2685 BCE)

2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; )Limestone (1.98 m.)

Assyria and Babylon 2-18 Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian, c ) 2-20 Assurnasipal II Killing Lions, from the palace of Assursirpal, Nimrud, Iraq (Assyrian, c. 850 BCE) 2-22 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (Assyrian, c. 647 BCE) 2-25 Ishtar Gate and the Throne Room Wall, from Babylon (Neo-Babylon, 575 BCE)

Vocabulary Frieze Ishtar

2.18 Stele of Hummurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c )

2-20 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace complex, Iraq, c. 850 BCE

2-21Reconstruction of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II, Iraq

2-22 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh Iraq, 647 BCE

2-24 Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th century BCE

2-25 Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE

2-25 Ishtar Gate and throne room, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE