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Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/17/2009

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ziggurat/general characteristics of ancient near eastern art
Definition
The urban centers of Mesopotamia were built around a great temple (dedicated to the particular city's deity) that itself was elevated on a series of platforms. Their architecture was somewhat limited to mud-brick and timber reinforcement. The lack of stones also limited the size and scope of sculpture in the region. Thirdly, because of the extremes of climate and political upheaval, no wall paintings survive in any reasonable condition.
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cuneiform (Sumerian)
Definition
Sumerians were the first people to develop a system of writing, cuneiform is composed of wedge-shaped signs
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lapis lazuli
Definition
a rich, azure-blue stone.
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registers
Definition
a series of superimposed rows in a pictorial narrative
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apadana (Persia)
Definition
The great hall of a palace.
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hierarchy of scale
Definition
a subject of greater importance is given greater size.
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glazed brick (Assyria)
Definition
bricks painted and then fired to fuse the color with the baked clay
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relief
Definition
figures project from the background of which they are a part.
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bas-relief (Assyria)
Definition
also known as low relief. The quality of a projecting image where the overall depth is shallow. The background is very compressed or completely flat, as on most coins, on which all images are in low-relief.
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