Tierra HodgeIntro To Visual ArtProf Jon
Tierra Hodge
Intro to Visual Art
Prof Jon Boshart
September 17, 2014
Writing Assignment #1 A ziggurat is an ancient temple, common in Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and western Iran, during the civilizations of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria. Ziggurats weren’t really precise. Ziggurats were built of much smaller bricks. Ziggurats are pyramids with successively more distanced sides, while the Egyptian pyramids have smooth sides going up to a point. Also, Ziggurats are temples while the pyramids are burial grounds for the deceased. Ziggurats were believed to be dwelling places for the gods and pyramids where created because Egyptians believed that even after death one lives as long as their soul has an image to remember the deceased. Cuneiform was the first written language. It was used to keep the earliest records of the past with info such as laws, strategies, stories, etc. It was written on clay tablets. Cuneiform was created by the Sumerians. Cuneiform is also known as wedge-shaped writing. Egyptian hieroglyphics was a writing system used by ancient Egyptians that included alphabetic elements. Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are similar, but one of their differences are that the hieroglyphic writing system was only made for Egyptians, while cuneiform writing system started from the Sumerians and then used by a large number of other languages. Also cuneiform was written from left to right and hieroglyphics were written from right to left. Also they are similar because they both ancient writing and they both were what people might call symbols, graphics, or pictographs. The stele of Naram Sin shows Naram Sin, son of Manishtushu, as a good king. The stele of Naram Sin was created to celebrate Naram Sin's victory over the Lullubi Mountain People. The Victory stele of Naram Sin shows Naram Sin climbing a mountain above his soldiers and enemies. It is said to have revealed the pride, importance, and Godlike of Naram Sin. Naram Sin himself is shown wearing a helmet with
Intro to Visual Art
Prof Jon Boshart
September 17, 2014
Writing Assignment #1 A ziggurat is an ancient temple, common in Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and western Iran, during the civilizations of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria. Ziggurats weren’t really precise. Ziggurats were built of much smaller bricks. Ziggurats are pyramids with successively more distanced sides, while the Egyptian pyramids have smooth sides going up to a point. Also, Ziggurats are temples while the pyramids are burial grounds for the deceased. Ziggurats were believed to be dwelling places for the gods and pyramids where created because Egyptians believed that even after death one lives as long as their soul has an image to remember the deceased. Cuneiform was the first written language. It was used to keep the earliest records of the past with info such as laws, strategies, stories, etc. It was written on clay tablets. Cuneiform was created by the Sumerians. Cuneiform is also known as wedge-shaped writing. Egyptian hieroglyphics was a writing system used by ancient Egyptians that included alphabetic elements. Cuneiform and hieroglyphics are similar, but one of their differences are that the hieroglyphic writing system was only made for Egyptians, while cuneiform writing system started from the Sumerians and then used by a large number of other languages. Also cuneiform was written from left to right and hieroglyphics were written from right to left. Also they are similar because they both ancient writing and they both were what people might call symbols, graphics, or pictographs. The stele of Naram Sin shows Naram Sin, son of Manishtushu, as a good king. The stele of Naram Sin was created to celebrate Naram Sin's victory over the Lullubi Mountain People. The Victory stele of Naram Sin shows Naram Sin climbing a mountain above his soldiers and enemies. It is said to have revealed the pride, importance, and Godlike of Naram Sin. Naram Sin himself is shown wearing a helmet with