Ap Art History - Chapter 2

N: Bull Capital, Persepolis

D: ca. 500 B.C.E.

P/S: Animal motifs of Iranian art. (Reminiscent of Assyrian sculptures) (Achaemenid)

A: Craftsmen - Unknown

Pa: Unknown

L: Persepolis

M/T: Wood and stone

F: “Cradles” for ceiling beams

C: They were originally meant to crown the column capitals.

DT: Truncated, back-to-back, intricate, curved.

I: The front of two bulls, making it an animal motif.

N: Ivory Plague Depicting a Winged Sphinx

D: ca. 8th century

P/S: Phoenician/Egyptian

A: Unknown

Pa: Royals/Priests of Ur

L: Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud, northern Iraq.

M/T: Ivory

F: Important portrayal of Egyptian motifs

C: Found in Fort Shalmaneser, originally the Assyrian capital.

DT: Profile view, neat, rounded.

I: Taken by Assyrian probably as booty.

N: White Temple

D: ca. 3500-3000 B.C.E.

P/S: Sumerian (Mesopotamian)

A: Unkown

Pa: Unkown

L: City of Uruk

M/T: Brick work

F: Sacred site, and was dedicated to to sky-god Anu

C: Uruk was a center for Sumerian culture to boom, several cella’s were found

DT: Sacred, counterclockwise, divine realm, thick walls.

I: This was built on multiple times, suggesting it is, in fact, sacred.

N: Statues from the Abu Temple

D: ca. 2700-2500 B.C.E.

P/S: Sumerian that later adopted Mesopotamian (Abstract)

A: Unknown

Pa: Unknown

L: Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, Iraq

M/T: Limestone, alabaster, gypsum, lapis lazuli, shells

F: Considered to represent worshippers

C: