1. Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky - Bobby Howard
Art of the Ancient Near East

2. Ancient Near East

3. 12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian
12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. Mud brick.

4. use of mud brick/ desire for monumental architecture/ celestial orientation/ cella

5. Ziggurat at Ur (modern day Iraq), c.2100-2050 BCE

6. 14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.

7. 14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.

8. Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky - Bobby Howard
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone.

9. “War side” of the Standard of Ur

10. “Peace side” of the Standard of Ur”

11. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (from Susa, Iran), 2254-2218 BCE, pink sandstone

12. use of a stele to commemorate a victory/ Sargon of Akkad and Naram Sin/ hierarchical proportion/ organization of figures/ incorporating landscape

13. Seated Statue of Gudea from Lagash Neo-Sumerian c. 2100 BCE

14. Right: Votive statue of Gudea, c
Right: Votive statue of Gudea, c.2120 BCE, diorite The ensi Gudea/ image of piety for the god Ningirsu/ use of diorite

15. 19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt.

16. use of law to establish a central government (talion law)/ god (Shamash) and ruler linked

17. Lion Gate (Boghazkoy, Turkey), c.1400 BCE, limestone

19. 25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720–705 B.C.E. Alabaster.
Reputation of the Assyrians/ royal citadel of Sargon II/ lamassu/ sculptor’s viewpoints

20. Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c
Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE
Dying Lioness, Assyrian relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal (Ninevah, Iraq) c. 650 BCE

21. depiction of a wild beast/ bas relief carving/ demonstration of the king’s power

22. 30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran
30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520–465 B.C.E. Limestone.

23. 29. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran
29. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c B.C.E. Limestone.