Flashcards
Mesopotamian Art During the Akkadian Dynasty & Neo-Sumerian Period
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1The _____ Dynasty began when a series of monarchs united Mesopotamia around 2300 BC. They ruled until around 2100 BCAkkadian
- 2Neo-Sumerian Period, from roughly ____ BC to around ____ BC.2100
1800 - 3Among the city-states that gained greater power was Lagash, ruled by a king named Gudea. In a work titled the _____, we can see how much the art changed. This statue was carved around 2090 BC from a hard stone called diorite. It depicts Gudea, but in calm repose. It's static and motionless, very unlike the image of Naram-Sin in the earlier steleStatue of Gudea
- 4During the Neo-Sumerian period, the city-state of Ur was also the site of important artistic developments. Most importantly, it witnessed the creation of a monumental architectural work called the ____, built around 2100 BCGreat Ziggurat of Ur
- 5Art included large sculptures, stone carvings and _____, and these were cylindrical stones cut with figures and pressed into clay to serve as signaturescylinder seals
- 6Among the important works of art from the Akkadian Dynasty are the bronze _____and the carved _____Head of an Akkadian Leader
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin - 7A _____ is a single-shaft stone monumentstele
- 8A _____ is one where the figures are raised but not free from the surface behind themrelief carving
- 9Of the following works of art, which one was made during the Neo-Sumerian Period? 1. Statue of Sargon the Great 2. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin 3. Head of an Akkadian Ruler 4. Statue of Gudea4