The two pieces of art I chose are the Female head and Iassamu.

The Female Head most likely comes from Uruk, Iraq in 3200 to 3000 BCE. The statue is only about 8 inches tall and is made up of marble. The eye sockets do not have eyes in them but the face is very realistic. The nose is damaged which could be just damage over time or it could be from people desecrating the statue. This statue head was made in the image of Inanna who was an important female deity known as the goddess of love and war (Kleiner). The chunks taken out of the head were believed to be used for wigs that researches believe to have been made out of gold leaf (Kleiner).

Lamassu is a 10 foot 2 inch statue of a winged lion with a human head found in Nimrud, Iraq between 883 and 859 BCE. From the front of the statue it looks like the statue is just standing in place, but if you look at it from the side it appears as if the statue is walking forward. The face of the man on the statue is very detailed, all the features on the face are very realistic. These giant statues were meant to guard the gates that lead to Sargon’s palace (Gardner).

Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History. Enhanced 13th ed. 1. Boston: Wadswort Cengage Learning, 2009. 33-34. Print.

Gardner, Helen, Fred S. Kleiner, and Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History. Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013. Print.