Art ART 2313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lamassu, Common Era, Written Language
6 May 2015
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Ce- common era or ad: circa or approximately. Mesopotamia and egypt are both civilizations with: urban centers large cities, written language, shared religion, trade and commerce, central government. Tigris and euphrates river system good for agriculture. Twisted perspective: representation of figure from two points of view. In 330 bce alexander the great conquers mesopotamia and destroys the persian capital persepolis. Natural protection from foreign invasions (water on both sides) Exception of akhenaton during arnarna period mid 1300"s bce. Horus becomes the god of the underworld, osiris, when the pharaoh dies. Eternal happiness is possible in the afterlife as long as the body is preserved. A huge amount of art and architecture is devoted to after lives of important people. Tombs located in necropolis (city of the dead) Made as a plan b for his soul. The more important the person the more formal the pose. Early tombs called mastabas (only elites could afford elaborate tombs)
