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What is the meaning of the Greek word Mesopotamia? To what rivers does the name refer?
Explain the structure and organization of Ancient Sumer’s city-states.
How did Sumerian city planning reflect the role of the local god in daily life?
What is cuneiform?
Of what material is the White Temple made?
What is a ziggurat?
Explain the bent-axis approach of Sumerian temples.
What are some of the key features of Sumerian temples?
Which was the tallest ziggurat and by what other name was it known?
Why is the present condition of such art works as the Female head of Inanna from Uruk so
misleading?
Explain how the sculptors of the Warka Vase pioneered narrative relief.
What is the difference between conceptual and optical representation?
What do the over-large eyes and clasp hands indicate about the votive statues from Eshunna?
What is a stele?
For what did Leonard Woolley think the Standard of Ur was used?
How was the king made the focus on the Standard of Ur?
How is heraldic composition used on the soundbox of the lyre from the Royal Cemetery at Ur?
What new concept did Sargon introduce as he came to power in 2334 BCE?
How did the sculptor of the Head of an Akkadian ruler balance naturalism and abstract
patterning?
How is Naram-Sin shown as a divine in the Victory stele from Susa, Iran?
How did the sculptor of the Victory stele contrast Naram-Sin’s troops with those of his enemy?
What evidence do you see of a landscape created on the Victory stele?
How does a material such as diorite lend prestige to the statue of Gudea?
How does the sculptor of the Stele with law code of Hammurabi break with the traditional
methods of representation?
Of what theme is the Lion Gate from Turkey an early example?
How does the layout of the Citadel of Sargon II reveal the confidence of the Assyrian kings?
What is a lamassu? How does the sculptor combine multiple views of the creature into a single
statue?
How does the sculptor of the Assyrian archers pursuing enemies take liberties with optical
reality?
What was the purpose of the Assyrian lion hunts?
What additional technique did the Neo-Babylonians use when building structures like the Ishtar
Gate?
What became of Persepolis?
Site specific examples of the diverse sources from which Persian art drew.
Who were the Sasanians?
Define iwan, barrel vault, and blind arcade.
35. What is the repousse technique?
36. How does the sculptor draw attention to Shapur I in his victory over Valerian?
37. How does the sculptor add an ironic level of meaning to the political message of Shapur I’s
victory of Valerian?