Sumerian Art Research Paper

Since the beginning of time, art has always been an integral contributor toward recording the history, culture, and traditions of civilizations. Archaeologists have been interpreting the history of civilizations through art, especially sculptures. In ancient Iraq, Mesopotamia, the Sumerians represented their sophisticated relationships between the people and the gods through making clay sculptures (Carr, 2016). While in ancient Egypt, the old kingdom's art was mainly represented in limestone sculptures that emphasized rituals of kings and gods, as well as the dead services of common and elite people in the society (Smith, 1941). This paper compares and contrasts the sculpture of The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu with the Statue of Gudea, taking in consideration "the effect the intended purpose or function has on the …show more content…
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