Near Eastern art

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Near Eastern art encompasses the diverse artistic traditions of ancient civilizations in the region spanning Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant, and Persia, known for their monumental architecture, intricate reliefs, and symbolic religious imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
artistic tradition ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
hasCharacteristic composite creatures in iconography ⓘ
hieratic scale in figural representation ⓘ
intricate relief sculpture ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
palace decoration programs ⓘ
symbolic religious imagery ⓘ
temple decoration programs ⓘ
use of cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
hasFunction funerary commemoration ⓘ
political propaganda ⓘ
record keeping ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
hasMedium baked clay ⓘ
cylinder seals ⓘ
glazed brick ⓘ
ivory carving ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
mudbrick architecture ⓘ
stone relief ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
wall painting ⓘ
hasNotableWork Code of Hammurabi stele ⓘ
linked to: Code of Hammurabi

Ishtar Gate ⓘ
Lamassu guardian figures ⓘ
linked to: Lamassu sculptures

Naram-Sin Victory Stele ⓘ
Palace reliefs of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh ⓘ
Palace reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud ⓘ
Palace reliefs of Sargon II at Khorsabad ⓘ
Persepolis palace reliefs ⓘ
Standard of Ur ⓘ
Uruk Vase ⓘ
hasRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
hasSubject banquet scenes ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
mythological scenes ⓘ
processions ⓘ
religious ritual ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Parthian period ⓘ
linked to: Parthian Empire

Sasanian period ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
influenced Byzantine art ⓘ
Greek art ⓘ
Hellenistic art ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
influencedBy Achaemenid Persian art ⓘ
Akkadian art ⓘ
Assyrian art ⓘ
Babylonian art ⓘ
Elamite art ⓘ
Hittite art ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian art ⓘ
Sumerian art ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Assyriology ⓘ
Near Eastern studies ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
art history ⓘ
usesMotif bulls and composite beasts ⓘ
lion hunts ⓘ
lotus and palmette patterns ⓘ
rosettes ⓘ
tree of life ⓘ
winged disc ⓘ

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Iberian sculpture → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Byzantine art → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Hellenistic art → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Etruscan art → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Paul Manship → influencedBy → Assyrian art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Charles Lang Freer → significantCollection → Ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Shalmaneser III → patronOf → Assyrian art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Achaemenid stone reliefs → influencedBy → Elamite art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Corinthian pottery → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Persian art → influencedBy → Mesopotamian art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Orientalizing period → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Orientalizing period → influencedBy → Syro‑Hittite art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Bicha de Balazote → influencedBy → Near Eastern art ⓘ
subject linked to: Bicha de Balazote sculpture
Naram-Sin Victory Stele → artStyle → Near Eastern art ⓘ
Syro-Palmyrene → associatedWith → Palmyrene art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art
Luristan bronzes → artMovement → Ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ
linked to: Near Eastern art