Writing and Art in Mesopotamia

1. THE EMERGENCE OF WRITING

4. THE CUNEIFORM WRITING
• The English word is derived from the Latin
root words:
Reed stick with a sharpened wedge
Cuneus = Wedge Forma = form

5. THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

6. THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

7. THE CUNEIFORM WRITING

8. THE HAMMURABI CODE

9. THE HAMMURABI CODE

10. THE CUNEIFORM WRITING
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VroX-_thMLg

11. MESOPOTAMIAN ART

12. ARQUITECTURE
• For the first time in
history, the arch and
the vault were used to
roof these buildings.

13. ARQUITECTURE
• Poor quality materials
were used:
– Adobe: a clay mixed
with straw and dried in
the sun.
– Rectangular and
regular clay bricks.

14. ARQUITECTURE
• Temples: Ziggurat
– A stepped tower

15. ARQUITECTURE
• Temples: Ziggurat of Ur

16. ARQUITECTURE
• Palaces: They
were surrounded
by walls fitted
with large
gateways and
they had many
rooms.
• They were
adorned with
reliefs, glazed
ceramics and
frescoes.

17. ARQUITECTURE
• A view of Babylon and reconstructed Palace of
Nebuchadnezzar.

19. SCULPTURE
• It was used to
produce statues of
noble individuals.

20. SCULPTURE
• Reliefs represented
figures of winged
bulls with human
heads, which served
to protect the
palace gates.

21. SCULPTURE
• Reliefs represented scenes of war and
hunting, such as those of Ashurbanipal´s
palace.

22. SCULPTURE
• Some reliefs were made with glazed bricks,
such as those that decorated the Ishtar gate in
Babylon.