ARH 131 Lecture 3: Ancient Near East_ARH
10 Oct 2018
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Neo-babylonian (c. 2500 bce) (c. 2250 bce) (c. 2000 bce) (c. 1750 bce) (c. 1500 bce) (c. 750 bce) (c. 575 bce) Inanna/ ishtar: goddess of love and wat, winged griffin with clawed feet, different from mother goddess, more erotic. Sumerian: 3500bce 2750bce, ar(cid:272)hite(cid:272)ture (cid:862)ziggurat(cid:863, biblical example: tower of babel. Interioir: cella: main room for sacrifices, material: solid (cid:271)ri(cid:272) k, elements: exterior, sloping sides, ramped stairways, platforms, sacrificial temple. White temple: 3500bce, a ziggurat, site warka, function dedicated to innanna fertility, exterioir white washed brick, plan simple rectangle, oriented . Interior: cella: heavy walls, regularly spaced projections and recesses, raised platform and altar for human sacrifices. Ziggurat at ur: best preserved example, characteristics, monumental entranceway, sloping base and ramparts, heavy walls, regularly spaced projections and reccesses. Female head: 3500 - 3000 bce, scale: life size, function religious, aesthetic: naturalistic, gaze: frontal transfixed, decorativeness, brows and eyes -> semiprecious inlaid stones, gold hair -> wig, paint -> lips/ face.
