More than 4,000 years ago, the Sumerians settled in the valleys of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Sumerians were the first human race form a solution and an end to the nomadic existence of the people until then. That payment and the formation of the Sumerian cities all inventions changed the way we live today. Things we take for granted today, such as agriculture, calendar, the wheels were all Sumerian inventions. Writing was found, and Sumerian art and culture was sophistication itself. Sumerian art can easily distinguish between ritual objects, state objects and unique products.
dating back to 2400 BC, archaeologists have discovered a smooth, polished and idealized features of the classical period of Sumerian art. Some of the portraits are of marble and other black-gray diorite. Excavations have revealed a high level of skill and artistry in Sumerian art. Sumerian art was complex and ornate clay is the most common material used. Stone, wood and metal was Sumer. Painting and sculpture were the main median used and art, is used primarily for religious purposes.Sumerian art was a three-dimensional statuettes of marble with an obvious hierarchy of size. Highest Statues were vegetation God almost about 30 inches tall. A number of instruments and sculptures were religious, and described the mother goddess. Mother goddesses were worshiped in the hope that fertility in women, and plants. It was the second highest statues. Less than these were the priests and believers were the smallest. All statues are raised his head and hands clasped with cylindrical lack of segregation. Folded hands are the result of prayer or showing a “want or expect anything.” In Sumerian art by the whole body of the statues is simple except for the face. This strengthens the power of dominant faces in the eyes. Most eyes are inlaid with colored stones or enamel makes them stand out.
The figures were stand-ins used in religious rituals. The rituals involved leaving the stand-ins at the temple when the person died. These large eyed statues seemed to speak as they stared open eyes offer prayer to the gods on behalf who donated to the temples. The second part of the Sumerian art, standard, or banners, which was part of the state. The figures for these banners pretty much sums up life in Sumerian as a whole. One-sided banner had soldiers leading prisoners of the king, while the other side of the king threw a party and everyday brings her gifts of livestock and agricultural and industrial products. This Sumerian art is 18 inches decorated with shell and lapis lazuli. Mosaic was designed for bitumen. Sumerian merchants led their barley and textile filled caravans into Asia Minor and Iran back with wood, stone and metals. Soon they were used to make weapons and Sumerian art. Sumerian art forms reflect the culture and lifestyle of the ancient Sumerians.