Art 155

Prehistoric Art
Early stone age

Prehistoric Art
been complete on all sides. Meant to be turned

Prehistoric Art
simplified figures

Prehistoric Art
a basic system of construction in which two or more uprights, the posts, support a horizontal member, the lintel. The lintel may be the topmost element or support a wall or roof.

Prehistoric Art
attached to something like a wall.

Prehistoric Art
art that tries to capture the natural world

Prehistoric Art
Big stone

Ancient Near Eastern Art
Rivers in Ancient Messopetamia
Mesopotamia is the space between the Tigris and Euphrates river

Ancient Near Eastern Art
A person of Sumer; A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian

Ancient Near Eastern Art
From the Assyrian word meaning mountaintop or height. In ancient Assyria and Babylonia, a pyramidal mound or tower built of mud-brick forming the base for a temple. It was often either stepped or had a broad ascent winding around it, which gave it the appearance of being stepped.

Ancient Near Eastern Art
An object deployed as a means of warding off evil. Often a figural image (such as a Medusa head) or a composite image (like a Near Eastern lamassu), inserted into an architectural setting.

Ancient Near Eastern Art
A horizontal band containing decoration, such as a relief sculpture or fresco painting. When multiple horizontal layers are used, registers are useful in distinguishing between different visual planes and different time periods in visual narration.

Ancient Near Eastern Art
"King of the Four Quarters"
He was the first Mesopotamian king known to have claimed divinity for himself

Ancient Near Eastern Art
From the Greek word for “standing block.” An upright stone slab or pillar, sometimes with a carved design or inscription

Ancient Near Eastern Art
A swelling of the shaft of a column