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Mesopotamian Art
The Birthplace of Western Culture
 
Mesopotamian Artistic Conventions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Bas-Relief A type of sculpture made by carving out images from a flat surface
Examples of Bas-reliefs
Greek
Persian
Egyptian (a sunken-relief)
Italy
Denver
Mesopotamia
 
Lamassu bas-relief from palace in Assyria   (now Iraq)  ~715 BC.
Gates of Ishtar (~600 BC) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
 
(Recreation at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany)
 
 
Types of Art in Mesopotamia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Tell Asmar Statuettes ~2600 BC
The Standard of Ur ( 2600 BC)
Ram Caught in Thicket  (2800 BC)
The Great Lyre from the King’s Grave  (~ 2550 BC)
A Modern Lyre A Mesopotamian Lyre
The Great Lyre from the King’s Grave  (~ 2550 BC)

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