Ca. 2300–2000 b.c. The head likely depicts a Mesopotamian ruler and is one of the earliest known life-size lost-wax metal sculptures to survive. It had been thought that the head was virtually ...

Statues of the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu are often found at archaeological sites, and his cultural relevance is seen in ...

Richly illustrated with more than 400 full-color photographs, Art of Mesopotamia is an astounding record by award-winning author Zainab Bahrani of artworks from this region, many of which have in ...

Some sculptures transform military vehicles into toys. Traces of Mesopotamian sculpture, particularly Assyrian art that still decorates the ancient gates of Nineveh, are revived with a modern touch.

Object Details author Cheney, Sheldon 1886-1980 Contents Introduction: The Art of Sculpture -- Primative sculpture : from the cave men to our stone age contemporaries -- Egypt : the eternal in ...

Mesopotamia Show at the Getty Teaches History, with Style Wall Panel with a Striding Lion, neo-Babylonian period 605–562 B.C. Glazed brick.

About 4,500 years ago, an image of the Sumerian storm god Ningirsu was engraved on a silver vessel now on view in the Getty Villa Museum exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins ...

Sotheby's auctioned a tiny, ancient Mesopotamian sculpture for $57 million on Wednesday, a record sum for any sculpture or antiquity sold at auction.

The villa's Mesopotamian art exhibit, titled Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins,'' was slated to open a few days after the venue was forced to close due to the pandemic.