1. For the first entry, pick a work that you have seen this week in class. Using class notes and your textbook, write two paragraphs about this work. Your entry should discuss any formal elements of your example and relate your example to the historical and social context to which it belongs.
The work that I chose were the sculptures from the Sumerian region. These sculptures were found around 2700 B.C. in modern day Iraq. An element to discuss would be the size of the people, some of the people look as though they would be averaged sized, while others look dwarfed, and one of them looks almost giant-like compared to the rest. This could be due to the amount of importance the culture places on certain positions held in their religion. This is common in places in the ancient world; people who are royal or very important are larger, and the common people are smaller. Another element is the subject matter of the sculpture.
The first thing one would notice about these sculptures is their larger-than-normal eyes, most likely sculpted in this way to show the awe and attention the people are giving to what they're worshiping. From the way the people are dressed they are priests and their clasped hands show their intense prayer and devotion to the gods or goddesses of the time. As a social element; I found while researching that people would leave these sculptures in their temples as a show of their worship or love for the thing they were worshiping in the culture.
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