Ancient Civilizations

MESOPOTAMIAthe cradle of civilization

Objectives:

You will learn about theART

MUSICRELIGION

LITERATUREARCHITECTURE

of one of the earliest civilizations.

This lesson is important . . .it serves as a basis for understanding all other civilizations that followed.It is a look at how people of long ago made artwhich reflects their thoughts and lives.

Two important revolutions occurred in Mesopotamia:

1. Agricultural revolution 1. Agricultural revolution People began farming for the first time.People began farming for the first time.

2. Birth of cities2. Birth of cities government, culture, and building evolvedgovernment, culture, and building evolved from simple villages.from simple villages.

You will learn the difference between:

and

ARTIFACTS

You will learn that a civilizationhas a need for order:

Art cannot be created until certain needs have been met:

FOODFOOD

SECURITYSECURITY

ARTART

View of the early cityof UR

ZIGGURATa temple

Conventions of artCharacteristicsthat all art of a certain time orculture have in common.

This figure is believed to havepossibly been agod -because it is missingsome of the otherconventions.

Artwork reflects the organized society

Order is also seen in the wayartworks are sized.

A civilization can developart with specific conventionsconventions

You will also find out that

Does not always apply to modern art!

You will read the 1st actual pieceof written literature ---

It’s an action-packed story about a

SUPER HEROSUPER HEROAnd his

TRUSTY SIDE-TRUSTY SIDE-KICK!!!KICK!!!And it’s written on clay!

Put that in your 3-hole binder!