PPT-Mesopotamian Portraiture in Context

2 Figure 23 Female head Inanna from Uruk modern Warka Iraq ca 32003000 BCE Marble approx 8 high Iraq Museum Baghdad Demonstrates skill Skill implies practice And investment. Among Mesopotamian cultures such as the Bab ylonians the liver eg of sheep could indicate t he presence or absence of divinity Gladigow 1995 351 and Meyer 1985 For the Gre eks who inherited the Me sopotamian tradition the liver had long been recogni 1 gain any personal insights. For all our attempts to grasp the specific, it may be something more universal that moves us: the mysteries of human expression, conn to represent themselves in portrait What is Portrait Photography?. Portrait Photography is one of most common forms of photography. . Portraiture. , is the art of capturing a . subject’s expressions. The best portrait photographers are able to really capture someone’s true character.  . Cåsbr. Ancient . Mesopotamia. The Land Between . the Rivers. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. Geography and Writing. PART II. Religion and Literature. Geography & Writing. Map Credit: . NordNordWest. A classification of art that includes an image of a person—especially the face and upper body. OBJECTIVE vs. NON-OBJECTIVE. ART. Recognizable subject matter. NO. recognizable . subject matter. Finding the Bard in Contemporary Portraitureas the title of the work, and th. . Today, You Will Need:. Classical Mediterranean Civilizations Reading. Classical Mediterranean Civilizations Questions and Responses. Writing Tools (Paper and Pen; Highlighters) . Learning Target:. The art of creating portraits.. Assyrian Empire. 2400-612 B.C.E.. Ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian Civilizations survived because of the water resources known as the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamian cultures used mud bricks to build with . City-States . Mesopotamian City-States were independent. Each city-state was like its own nation (had its own government, traditions, culture, etc.). They often fought other city-states (for water rights, and other reasons). Portraits and . Studio . Lighting. High Key Lighting. High Key Lighting. High-key portraiture will have more even light, with very few harsh shadows.  High key lighting tends to make the scene more upbeat, happy, and feminine. . Lascaux is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity. Estimated to be up to 20,000 years old, the paintings consist primarily of large animals, once native to the region. Lascaux is located in the . Mesopotamia. Geographic Location. The area lies between the . Tigris. & . Euphrates. Rivers in modern day Iraq.. Mesopotamia. Advances. Bronze. Metallurgy. Cuneiform. (wedge shaped writing). Pictograph: picture representation. Details in the surrounding text give you clues to the word’s meaning. . Types of Context Clues. Definition. The word is directly and clearly defined in the sentence in which it appears. . Example: “The .