AP ART HISTORY
PHS - BAILEY
Dates to Know
Sumerian Art: 3500-2332 BCE
Akkadian Art: 2332-2150 BCE
Neo-Sumerian Art: 2150-1600 BCE
Babylonian Art: 2150-1600 BCE
Assyrian Art: 1600-612 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Art: 604- 559 BCE
Persian Art: 525-330 BCE
Height of Persia ends with destruction of
Persepolis by Alexander the Great
Vocabulary
Register Frieze
Lapiz Lazuli Stele
Hierarchy of Scale Apadana
Votive Offering Z axis
concepts
CONCENTRATES ON ROYAL FIGURES AND GODS
Inspired by religion - divine attributes for kings
HIERARCHY OF SCALE
Taller figures represent more importance
themes
Power
Narrative
AP Art History images/flashcards
5. Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200–3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.
12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. Mud brick. (2 images)
14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. (2 images)
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt.
25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720–705 B.C.E. Alabaster.
30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520–465 B.C.E. Limestone. (2 images)
Additional Image
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 B.C.E., pink limestone, Akkadian