AHI 101 Mon and Wed Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. Cave PaintingII. StonehengeIII. Stokstad Illustrators (Highlighted items will be on the quiz)a. 1-1 Horses, Peche Merle, France, 2500 BCb. 1-10 Animals, Chauvet Cave, 32000 BCc. 1-13 Bison, Altimad Cave, Spain 12500 BCd. 1-21 Stonehenge, England, 2900-1500 BCIV. Megalithic, heelstone Outline of Current Lecture - MesopotamiaII. Theme: Why does every society have its own distinctive art?III. 2-1 Stele of Naram Son, 2250 BCIV. 2-8 Statue of Gudee, 2090 BCV. pg. 38 Law Code of Hammurabi, 1750 BCVI. 2-10 Assyrian King of Lion Hunt, 860 BCVII. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Ur, Uruk, Babylon, Ziggurat, conventional, artisan, registar, ShameshCurrent Lecture- The Gods that are the most important in Mesopotamian society were weather gods- Around 3300 BC urban cities develop on the Tigris and Euphrates- HUGE in size- Ancient Babylon had very sophisticated architectureo Beautiful gateso Artistic complexeso Giant statues- Center of the city had 2 important complexeso Palace of kingo Religious Ziggurat (a ziggurat is a middle eastern religious temple-like place)- Mesopotamia had massive temples dedicated to different gods- People would leave “Bordins” (statues of themselves, ancient selfie) in temples to remind the gods to help them out.- The earliest form of writing (cuneiform) found in Mesopotamia- Writing was developed for economic reasonsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Mesopotamian art is considered conventional, meaning that Mesopotamian art followed a similar guideline of what to create across the society.o Three themes of Mesopotamian are were- hunting, battle/war, tributes to king- Royal portrayals in art look similar to commoner art- A majority of Mesopotamian art were made for the kings, and all of society was dominated by the kings.- Lines in art are called registars - Hieratic art are important figures portrayed in a larger scale, in the center.- Most famous Mesopotamian king is Sargon, portrayals of kings in art were conventional as well. - The king was…o Head priesto Rulero Law makero Commander in Chief etc.- King Sargon expanded the Mesopotamian kingdom significantly - King Sargon’s grandson Narman Sin had a giant artistic steele of a military victory, steele was depicted conventionally.- The king of Mesopotamia is favored by the Gods- Statues created were believed to have