1. 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

3. 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

4. Ancient Near Eastern Art Sumer and Akkad

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

7. Sumerian 2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c. 2100-2050 BCE) 2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerian; c. 2900-2600) 2-12-13 Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Sumerian, 2685 BCE) 2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; 2254- 2218)Limestone (1.98 m.) Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c. 1792-1750)

8. Terms Cuneiform Hierarchy Relief Stela Zuggurat pictograph

11. 2-7 Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (Sumerian; c. 2100-2050 BCE)

14. 2-10 Votive Statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (Sumerain; c. 2900-2600)

16. 2-12-13 Bull lyre, from the King’s tomb, Ur (Summerian, 2685 BCE)

20. 2-16 Stele of Naramsin (Akkadian; 2254-2218)Limestone (1.98 m.)

24. Assyria and Babylon 2-18 Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa (Babylonian, c. 1792-1750) 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)

25. Vocabulary Frieze Ishtar

26. 2.18 Stele of Hummurabi, from Susa (Babylonian; c. 1792-1750)

28. 2-20 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace complex, Iraq, c. 850 BCE

32. 2-21Reconstruction of the citadel and palace complex of Sargon II, Iraq

33. 2-22 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh Iraq, 647 BCE

35. 2-24 Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th century BCE

36. 2-25 Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE

37. 2-25 Ishtar Gate and throne room, from Babylon, Iraq, C. 575 BCE