1. Ancient Near Eastern Art Part 2

2. Babylonian Art

3. Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1780 B.C.E., Susa (modern Shush, Iran), basalt. Earliest legal code King Hammurabi is figure on the left, Shamash (Sun god) on right Shamash hands king a rope, ring and rod of friendship 300 laws written below the figures, symbolically given from Shamash to Hammurabi Shamash – frontal/profile simultaneously

5. Ishtar Gate, c. 575 B.C.E. (neo-Babylonian),glazed brick glazed brick covering mud walls; animals guard entrance to city, Lions – sacred to goddess Ishtar; crenellations give warlike appearance

6. Hittite Art Anatolia (Modern Turkey)

7. Lion Gate, c. 1400 B.C.E., Turkey City gate guarded by lions; massive stone lions; stone construction (Hittites used stone, including huge boulders, instead of mud-brick)

8. Assyrian Art

9. Lion Hunt, c. 640 B.C.E., limestone, Iran animals show emotions, but not humans; narrative with bold contours; domination of king over the lion (most fearsome beast)

10. Lamassu, c. 700 B.C.E., limestone, Iraq human-headed guardian figure; winged; 5 legs; wards off enemies; guarded Palace of Assurnasirpal II ; over 10’ in height

11. Palace of Sargon II, 720 B.C.E., Iraq platform city – 50’ high; mud-brick; ziggurat inside; 25 acres, 200 rooms, 30 courtyards

12. Persian Art Persia was an Empire!

13. Persepolis, c. 500 B.C.E., Iran Constructed by Darius I and Xerxes I for huge receptions and festivals Destroyed by Alexander the Great Built artificial terraces Mud-brick with stone facing Huge lamassu gates Apadama (audience hall) held thousands for kings’s receptions; 36 columns supported wooden roof; stairwell had relief depicting New Year’s festival and representatives of 23 subject nations Columns had bell-shaped bases (lotus blossoms inverted) with capitals of bulls or lions