VPHA46H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ring Finger Domain, Funerary Art, Earthenware
Document Summary
Formal characteristics: sculpture, made from limestone, traces of red ochre, 4 inches, large breast, a bulging stomach, wide hips and solid thighs. Cultural context: may be interpreted as examples of sympathetic magic (possible symbolic capture of the animal, educational tool, early form of writing. A ditch surrounding the stones: 56 pits (known as aubrey holes containing rubble or human bones, an alter stone and a mile long avenue. Made of sarsen and bluestones (imported from wales 150 miles away) Formal characteristics: stone slab, limestone, 6"6 , king is largest person in the scene. Cultural context: the victory stele of naram-sin is a relieved depiction of the king"s victory, the hierarchy of scale shows naram-sin is the most important figure in the piece. Everyone in the piece looks up towards naram-sin, who has a heroic and god-like stance on top of the mountain. Formal characteristics: sculpture, basalt, height of stele is 7" height or relief is 28 .
