HAA 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lapis Lazuli, Ziggurat, Naram-Sin Of Akkad

• School: Pitt
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: HAA 0010
• Professor: Beranek Saskia

Document Summary

Pressed into clay tablets which are solidified as they dry. Lapis lazuli cylinder seal with a modern impression, From ur, southern iraq, c. 2000 b. c. e. (british museum) White temple and ziggurat, uruk (modern warka), iraq, ca. Mountains signify the divine as the gods lived in them. Temples were put up on mountains (more visible, stands up, but not just that-- it"s also symbolic of what they believed about the gods and where they resided) Pyramids were made of massive piles of stone because ample supply of stones. Mesopotamia, on the other hand, does not have that supply of stones, so they built with clay bricks which weathered over time. Temples filled with sculptures range in size based on how important and wealthy the patron was. Unnaturally large eyes made of lapis lazuli (imported from the region o o o o where the gods lived) Gestures of prayer (or closely associated with it)