The
Art
of
Early
Civiliza2ons:
The
Near
East
and
Egypt
Reading
Ar+orms:
ch.
14
Range
8000-‐2000
BCE
Sumerian,
Old
Kingdom
(Egypt)
Terms/Concepts
Ziggurat,
bent
axis,
vo2ve,
hiera2c
scale,
Pyramid,
Step-‐
Pyramid,
Mastaba,
ba,
serdab,
unifica2on
of
upper
and
lower
Egypt,
lotus,
papyrus,
Key
Monuments
Anu
Ziggurat
and
White
Temple,
Uruk,
Iraq,
Protoliterate
Sumerian
3300-‐3000
BCE
PaleTe
of
Narmer,
Early
Dynas2c,
2950
BCE.
Pyramids
of
Khufu,
Khafre
and
Menkaure,
at
Giza,
Old
Kingdom,
2575-‐2450
BCE
Cult
Statue
of
Khafre,
Old
Kingdom,
2520-‐2465
BCE