ARTH 101-910

 
European Art & Civilization before 1400
Professor: Helft
Lecture 2: Ancient Near East and Egypt Images

1. map of Ancient Near Eastern sites.
2. Warka head, c. 3300, limestone, h. 8”, Uruk Period, Warka (Uruk), Iraq.
3. Warka head, c. 3300, limestone, h. 8”, Uruk Period, Warka (Uruk), Iraq.
4. Warka Vase, c. 3300, limestone, Uruk Period, Warka (Uruk), Iraq.
5. drawing of Warka Vase.
6. cuneiform tablet, c. 2900 , Jemdet Nasr period, Jemdet Nasr, Iraq.
7. King?, alabaster, c. 2700 bce, h. 30”, Early Dynastic period, Tel Asmar (Eshnunna), Iraq.
8. priest, alabaster, c. 2700 bce, Early Dynastic period, Khafajeh, Iraq.
9. Standard of Ur, front and back, c. 2400 bce, wood inlaid with shell, limestone and lapis lazuli, h. 8”, Early Dynastic Period, Ur cemetery, Iraq.
10. Standard of Ur, banquet side.
11. Standard of Ur, war side.
12. ram in the thicket, c. 2400 bce, wood covered with shell, bitumen, gold and lapis, Early Dynastic Period, Ur cemetery, Iraq.
13. bull head of lyre, c. 2400 bce, gold and lapis lazuli, Early Dynastic Period, Ur cemetery, Iraq.
14. Stele of Naram Sin, c. 2250 bce, pink sandstone, h. 6’6”, Akkadian period, found in Susa.
15. detail from the Stele of Naram Sin.
16. Head of Sargon?, c. 2200 bce, bronze, h. 12”, Akkadian period, found in Nineveh.
17. Head of Sargon?, c. 2200 bce, bronze, h. 12”, Akkadian period, found in Nineveh.
18. seal of Adda, c. 2200, Akkadian period
19. Disc of Enheduanna, limestone, c. 2200 bce, Akkadian period.
20. Seated statue of Gudea, c. 2100 bce, diorite, NeoSumerian period, Tello (Lagash), Iraq.
21. Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100, built by UrNammu, mudbrick, Ur, Iraq.
22. Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100, built by UrNammu, mudbrick, Ur, Iraq.
23. Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100, built by UrNammu, mudbrick, Ur, Iraq.
24. Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100, built by UrNammu, mudbrick, Ur, Iraq.
25. Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100, built by UrNammu, mudbrick, Ur, Iraq.
26. code of Hammurabi, diorite, c. 1750 bce, Old Babylonian.
27. code of Hammurabi detail.
28. Paintings of Zimri Lim, c. 1750 bce, wall painting, Mari Palace, Syria.
29. Paintings of Zimri Lim, c. 1750 bce, wall painting, Mari Palace, Syria.
30. map of Egypt.
31. Palette of Narmer, c. 3150-3125 bce, Slate, h. 25”, Predynastic, Hierakonpolis, Egypt.
32. serekh of Narmer.
33. pyramid of Djoser, c. 2681-2662, 3rd dynasty, Imhotep architect, Old Kingdom, Saqqara, Egypt.
34. pyramids of Giza, 2600-2500 bce. 4th dynasty. Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure. Old Kingdom, Giza, Egypt.
35. reconstruction drawing of pyramid complex.
36. Great Sphinx, c. 2570-2544 bce, sandstone, Old Kingdom, Giza, Egypt.
37. Great Sphinx, c. 2570-2544 bce, sandstone, Old Kingdom, Giza, Egypt.
38. drawing of Egyptian’s proportional system.
39. Statue of Khafre, c. 2500 bce, diorite, Old Kingdom, Giza, Egypt.
40. Statue of Menkaure and Khamerernebty, c. 2515, Slate, Old Kingdom, Giza, Egypt.
41. Statue of Rahotep and Nofret, c. 2580 bce, painted limestone, Old Kingdom.
42. Seated Scribe, c. 2400 bce, pained limestone, Old Kingdom, Saqqara, Egypt.
43. Female miller, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
44. Sesostris III, c. 1850 bce, quartzite, Middle Kingdom, Egypt.
45. Standing statue of Hatshepsut, c. 1470 bce, New Kingdom, Egypt.
46. queen of Punt, c. 1470 bce, Hatshepsut temple, Deir el Bahri, New Kingdom, Egypt.
47. pond in a garden, c. 1400 bce, painting in Nebamun’s tomb, New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt.
48. Musicians and Dancers, c. 1400, painting in Nebamun’s tomb, New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt.
49. Statue of Akhenaten, c. 1350 bce, New Kingdom, Amarna, Egypt.
50. Amarna stele, c. 1350 bce, New Kingdom, Amarna, Egypt.
51. bust of Nefertiti, c. 1350 bce, limestone, New Kingdom, Amarna, Egypt.
52. photograph of Tut’s tomb.
53. photograph of Tut’s tomb.
54. Tutankhamen’s coffin, c. 1330 bce, gold. New Kingdom, Egypt.
55. plan of the temple of Amun, c. 13th cent. bce, New Kingdom, (Karnak) Luxor, Egypt.
56. drawing of hypostyle hall, temple of Amun.
57. photo of Egyptian columns, temple of Amun.
58. photo into hypostyle hall, temple of Amun, side view.
59. photo into hypostyle hall, temple of Amun, front view.
60. view along ave. of the sphinxes towards pylons, temple of Amun.
61. reliefs of Seti I, temple of Amun.
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