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Mesopotamian Art Research Paper

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Looking at the cultures, Mesopotamian and Egyptian, you can see the similarities and differences in terms of arts and crafts. Ancient Mesopotamian began to form its culture by crafting pottery, forming economies, and mastering metal making. This culture set the basic foundation of government, agriculture, language, religion, and city structure. Ancient Egypt culture is one of the youngest, long-lasting and dominant cultures of its time. This culture is known for its amazing practices in a variety of different fields including art, architecture, and other practices. These two civilizations became interlinked with one another influencing each other by their arts and teachings, however they personalized it to suit their own cultures and therefore …show more content…

In ancient Mesopotamia there were people known as Sumerians who worshipped numerous goddesses and gods. They believed that the gods influenced every step of their lives. Each city had its own god for instance Enki, son of AN, was the god of wisdom who ruled the city of Eridu. His responsibility for his people was that he invented the plough allowing plants to grow. Inanna, also daughter of AN, was the goddess of love and war who ruled in the city of Uruk but also in Babylon. Looking into the culture you can see clay was a common material for the Mesopotamians. Clay was pretty much used for everything such as for pottery, building, and tablets. Over many years the culture began to master the skill of pottery from starting with their hands to learning the pottery wheel. They learned to heat the clay at the right temperatures allowing them to make different shapes with various colors forming beautiful works of art for its time period. Some of the surviving artworks from stonemasons are astonishing by the looks of the different inlays used to make the object. You can see in the cylinder seals crafted the artwork consists of the life of the owner who has accomplished something great or done a great deed that he wants others to see he has done. You can see the carvings in great detail from large to small usually also containing images of the gods or kings

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