Gardners Art through the Ages A Global History

the painter dipped a hand in the pigment and then pressed it against the wall, leaving a “positive” imprint. These handprints, t ...

from the daylight. The largest painted area at Lascaux is the so-called Hall of the Bulls (FIG. 1-11), although not all of the a ...

Neolithic Art Around 9000 BCE, the ice that covered much of northern Europe dur- ing the Paleolithic period melted as the climat ...

As Jericho’s wealth grew, the need for protection against ma- rauding nomads resulted in the first known permanent stone fortifi ...

formed the core of the house. Impractical as such an arrangement may appear today, it did offer some advantages. The attached bu ...

Behind the town appears a mountain with two peaks. Many archae- ologists think that the dots and lines issuing from the higher o ...

tumulus is 280 feet in diameter and 44 feet tall. Its passageway is 62 feet long and is an early example of a construction techn ...

PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE) ART, ca. 30,000–9000 BCE ❚The first sculptures and paintings antedate the invention of writing by te ...

2-1Hammurabi and Shamash, detail of the stele of Hammurabi (FIG. 2-17), from Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 BCE. The relationship between ...

W hen humans first gave up the dangerous and uncertain life of the hunter and gatherer for the more predictable and stable life ...

Sumer The discovery of the treasures of ancient Ur put the Sumerians once again in a prominent position on the world stage. They ...

WHITE TEMPLE, URUK The layout of Sumerian cities re- flected the central role of the gods in daily life. The main temple to each ...

INANNA A fragmentary white marble female head (FIG. 2-4) from Uruk is also an extraordinary achievement at so early a date. The ...

sculpture known. Found within the Inanna temple complex, it de- picts a religious festival in honor of the goddess. The sculptor ...

STELE OF THE VULTURESThe city-states of ancient Sumer were often at war with one another, and warfare is the theme of the so-cal ...

originally mounted on a pole, and he considered it a kind of military standard—hence its nickname. Art historians usually refer ...

In the lowest band on the peace side (FIG. 2-9), men carry provi- sions, possibly war booty, on their backs. Above, attendants b ...

Akkad and the Third Dynasty of Ur In 2332 BCE, the loosely linked group of cities known as Sumer came under the domination of a ...

AKKADIAN PORTRAITUREA magnificent copper head of an Akkadian king (FIG. 2-12) found at Nineveh embodies this new concept of abso ...

the mountainside. The Akkadian artist adhered to older conventions in many details, especially by portraying the king and his so ...