Mesopotamia: The Architects
- Name 5 things the Sumerians invented. City state, formal religion, writing, math, law, and architecture.
- What were Mesopotamian cities centered around? The temple
- What is a ziggurat? Is a temple base
- Why were ziggurats built so high? To get to the shy gods
- Aside from architecture, what was the other predominant form of art in Mesopotamia? Bas-relief sculpture
Egypt: The Art of Immortality
- Why is it not surprising that Egyptian art remained unchanged for 3,000 years? Because they had a formula to follow and they wanted it to be unchanged.
- For whom was most Egyptian art and architecture created? For the pharaoh
- Where does most surviving Egyptian art come from?
- What is the ka? Belief that the eternal spirit needed a physical space to be held.
- What did Egyptians build to house the ka? Pyrimids
- Describe the rigid formula used to depict the figure. Arms are crossed across the body and hands are faces outwards. Feet were always sideways basically they wanted to show the parts of the body clearly.
- What were some materials used to make sculptures? Why did they choose these materials? Stone
- What is the largest stone structure in the world? The great Pyrimids of Cheops
- Why is King Tut so well known today despite being a fairly "unimportant" pharaoh? Because his tomb was never raided so it showed the real things put in untouched.
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