Ancient Near

Eastern Art
By: Teddy Larsen & Xania Fleming

Class: High School Art

Teacher: Ms. Potter 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 WHO? 02 WHAT? 03 WHEN?

Who created The kind of When were these
these artworks.
 artworks they artworks created.

made.


04 WHERE? 05 WHY? 06 HOW?

Where were Why were these How were these
these artworks artworks created.
 artworks created.

created.

 WHO Created
these arts?
Around 4100–1750 BCE, the Sumerians, a people
in southern Mesopotamia, were a flourishing
civilization. Their name is derived from the area
Sumer. Many of the most significant discoveries,
creations, and ideas that we take for granted today
were first made by the Sumerians. The Sumerians
were great builders. This shows in their detailed
artifacts and buildings. 

 WHAT kind of arts
were Created?
The Sumerians made many kinds of art. They made their art
with various materials. Clay was the most widely used
material in Sumer, hence many of their artifacts are made of
it. The best sculpture and inlays included shells and jewels
combined with metals like gold, silver, copper, and bronze.
For cylinder seals, tiny stones of many types, including more
expensive ones like lapis lazuli, alabaster, and serpentine,
were used.

 Mud Brick
Clay was used largely to make mud brick. Sumerian
builders would mix things, such as straw, with the clay
to act as a binding agent, and avoid cracking. The
brick manufacturers produced evenly rectangular
bricks by pressing the mud mixture into wooden
frames. After molding, the bricks were broken free of
their frames and left to bake in the sun. Builders used
wet clay to cement the bricks together to make walls.
The lack of durability is one drawback of mud brick. 

 Tell Asmar Hoard
Twelve human effigy sculptures known as the Tell
Asmar sculpture trove were found in 1934 at the site
of Tell Asmar. The Tell Asmar sculptures come in a
variety of sizes, with an average height of around 16
inches and a height range of 9 to 28 inches. They
depict men and women wearing skirts from the Early
Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia, with upturned faces,
wide gazing eyes, and joined hands.

 The Standard of Ur
A Sumerian relic known as the Standard of Ur is currently housed in the British
Museum's collection. It consists of an 8.50-inch wide by 19.50-inch long hollow
hardwood box that has a mosaic of lapis lazuli, red limestone, and shell inlay.
The standard was likely built to display images of conflict and peace. Its original
purpose is still difficult to recognize and comprehend. It was discovered in a
royal tomb in Ur in the 1920s next to the skeleton of a man who may have been
its bearer who had been ritually sacrificed.

WHEN were they Created?

Mud Brick Standard of Ur

It was used around Was created around
9000 BCE. It is still 2600 BCE

found and used in some
places today.


Tell Asmar Hoard

Was built around
2900-2550 BCE

 WHERE did they
Originate?
All of these creations originate from Sumer. In
the historical area of southern Mesopotamia,
Sumer is the first civilisation that has been
identified. Sumer dates from 4500–1900 BCE.
It is now modern day Iraq.

WHY were they Created?

Mud Brick Standard of Ur

Mud brick was the main The purpose remains
building material used uncertain. 

in Sumerian Structures.


Tell Asmar Hoard

They are said to be
representations of Mesopotamian
deities and their followers.

How were they Created?

Mud Brick Standard of Ur

Made by mixing earth
with water and fillers
such as straw, placing it
in a mould, and waiting
for it to dry.

Decorated on four sides
with mosaic scenes inlaid
with lapis lazuli, red
limestone, and shells.


Tell Asmar Hoard

The hoard was made from
Gypsum, Limestone, and
Alabaster.

 Influence On
Contemporary Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art has had a huge impact on contemporary art
today. Mud brick is still commonly used in some places, artworks of
conflict and peace can be found anywhere, and statues made to
worship a god can be seen in most countries worldwide.


By: Primitive Tools
 By: Staff Sgt. Jamal D.


By: Design Toscano

“Painting is just another way of
keeping a diary.”

—PABLO PICASSO
 OUR TEAM

TEDDY LARSEN XANIA FLEMING

 OUR RESOURCES
● https://artsandculture.google.com/usergallery/PwJSO1I7pYg_Jw



● https://artsandculture.google.com/usergallery/PwJSO1I7pYg_Jw



● https://www.worldhistory.org/Sumerians/



● https://www.thoughtco.com/tell-asmar-sculpture-hoard-169594



● https://masterpiecesociety.com/100-quotes-art-creativity/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CArt%20is%20never%20f
inished%2C%20only,my%20dream.%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20Vincent%20Van



● https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1010-3





THANK YOU
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