Significance of the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin to the Akkadians
The Victory stele of Naram-Sin was an essential part of the Akkadian culture as it helped to promote the ideologies that were meant to be widely accepted by the Akkadians and aided to consolidate the power of the king. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin perpetuated the idea of continuity and the ability to do so with such a strong dynasty. The ways in which the Victory stele of Naram-Sin proved to be significant in its time was through altering the understandings of art, religion and politics. These three components helped to make imperative statements about the stele that reformed the means by which the people of Akkad thought and performed.
The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin perfectly exemplifies the artistic expression of the time of its construction and the beginning of the innovation that would take place in artistic techniques. This piece is a relief sculpture and a relief sculpture is a sculpture in which the figures project from a supporting background, usually a plane surface . The artist chose to revolutionize the way art was viewed and made, by altering the creative methods used in
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Through this work, he was trying to express to his people with Naram-Sin at the helm of the monarchy that there was no possible way that they could ever be defeated or taken over. This piece was used to convey the trust and hope that the people should’ve had in their ruler, this sculpture expressed the great supremacy of Naram-Sin and the discipline of the Akkadians beneath him. He was resilient enough to conquer these barbaric and chaotic people and this showed his fierceness to the Akkadians. With this defeat, it is believed that he subjected them to life as slaves and placed them beneath society just as they were displayed placed beneath him in the relief