Mesopotamian art developed over several periods, beginning with the Sumer period which featured sculptures and architecture depicting daily life, as well as the earliest writing. The Akkad period was known for black sculptures, while the Assyrian period produced reliefs. The Babylonian period, during which King Hammurabi ruled, featured codes of law and sculptures of winged bulls with human heads.

1. Mesopotamia

3. Periods Mesopotamian art
 Sumer period
 Sculpture
 Architecture
 Daily life themes
 Akkad period
 Black sculptures
 Assyrian period
 Reliefs
 Babylonian
 Babylon king: Hammurabi

4. Sumer period
Architecture

5. Ziggurat
The Sumerian city-state of Ur contained
an enormous mountain temple, known
as a ziggurat, to honor the moon-god,
Nanna.

6. Bearded bull

7. Bearded goat

9. Abu Temple
statues

10. Earliest writing
Vegetal ichonography
Reliefs mainly
Ziggurats

12. Akkad period

13. Head of Gudea

14. Assyria period
Ashurbanipal in War

15. Ashurbanipal hunting Lions

16. Ashurbanipal with his Queen

17. The Dying Lioness

18. Naram Sin Stele

19. Babylonian period
Hammurabi Code

20. Winged bull with human head

21. Winged bull with human
head

22. Ishtar Gate

24. Answer
1) Why didn't the Mesopotamian area develop as
much in Architecture and art as the Egyptians?
2) What did a long beard represent in this area?
Analyze:
1) 4) How realistic were the sculptures?
2) Does the style of the sculptures tell us
something about Mesopotamian Society and
their beliefs?