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Ancient Mesopotamian art: the kingdom of Babylon

After Egypt, the second area was quite famous for its ancient Oriental culture, which belonged to pre-Asian countries with various tribes such as Sumer, Atxiri, Srili, Paletxtin and Urals. Prehistoric Mesopotamia is a Mesopotamian culture (also called Mesopotamia, which lasts about 3,000 years).

Kingdom of Babylon
Mesopotamian art from 4000 to 3,000 BC is the culture of the Sumerian. In the 22nd century BC, the nation of Sumatran – Attic unified, now called the new Babylon. Sorry, the relics of this time are so few.
One of the famous relics is the embossed statue of Khammurapi carved on a 2 meter high column with a diorama, representing King Khammurapi, who is praying for the sun god and before the court god Sumnsem (god of court Symbolic images: sword and sword.
King Khammurapi, posture is urging the sun god
Babylonian art in the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries BC was determined when the capital Atxiri-Nhinevia fell into the hands of Babylon, under the reign of King Nebpalaxar, as well as the period of strong development of architecture.

The only remaining one is Istarom Gate, built in the form of a watchtower, with a dome for the entrance usually built of brick. Some of the bricks engrave lions, some of which represent gods, such as cows and dragons.

The embossing is covered with a glaze color, Babilon modern art of many decorative arts, images are real and fake …

What art and history experts perceive as the art of the whole primordial and ancient times are oriented towards the divine, with the arts whether fine or early, express a religious special glasses with god and creator. Sophisticated works of art dating back millions of years remain interspersed with ancient works of art, many of which do not belong to this civilization. from the previous civilization of a previous human race.

So art and history experts, or archaeologists, are unlikely to have evolved from apes. So, did the ancients know that gods are the creators of humans? What do they do best in the art of praising God?

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Vinh Hoa – Ha Phuong Linh

 

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