Art in Mesopotamia; simple, repetitive, and abstract
Standards
People were drawn in profile, except for their shoulders and stomach area are in a full front view
- 2600-2500 BC 18 in. banners that depicted various scenes of life
- Typically made of shell and lapis lazui (ore that's a deep blue color)
- Gave insight on the life of the people and the culture of the civilizations
People were drawn in profile, except for their shoulders and stomach area are in a full front view
- Gave insight on the life of the people and the culture of the civilizations
- People were drawn in profile, except for their shoulders and stomach area are in a full front view
Statues
- Mainly used to worship religious figures
- Larger figures symbolized priests and the smaller figures represented the worshipers (hierarchy)
- Taller figures were prayed to for various reason to improve their community like more fertility of women and crops
- Eyes were emphasized on the face; larger eyes
- Used cones and cylinders to create legs, arms, and skirts/attire
ARCHITECTURE
Defense
- Constructed high walls and gates
- Usually six miles long and had towers for defense thirty feet high
- Slaves that were under the king's rule spent their time working on these projects
Road Systems
- Had the first road systems that are known to man
- Used for transportation of goods and people in and out of cities
- Often congested with traffic by mass amounts of carts and people traveling
Sewage Systems
- 4000-2500 BCE
- Easily excreted waste from the cities and people could use public bathrooms often
- Made up of clay (common resource available) pipes
- Used "toilets" (either holes in the ground or ones with high seats) that connected with smaller drains, which leads to one main sewer
Irrigation Systems
- Built to navigate the flood waters from the rivers for farming
- Network of canals from the Euphrates River
- Led to prosperity of crops and the land became rich for agriculture due to the excess silt