The DIA will open a revamped Ancient Middle East gallery on Oct. 2. The 2855 sq. ft. gallery on the first floor of the museum includes remarkable art from the ancient empires of Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Rome and the Arabian Kingdom—modern day Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen.The DIA’s collection of ancient Middle Eastern art includes more than 500 works spanning over 8,500 years (8000 BCE to 650 CE). The Ancient Middle East gallery will display 177 key pieces in an installation that illuminates the connections between ever-advancing technologies and sophisticated art forms during the rise of some of the world’s earliest civilizations and empires. Among the works is one of the jewels of the DIA collection and a celebrated symbol of Iraqi cultural heritage: a panel of glazed tiles from the Ishtar Gate, built around 575 BCE in the great city of Babylon. The gate was named in honor of the goddess Ishtar, and the panel features a dragon that was associated with Marduk, the patron god of Babylon.Together, these extraordinary objects reflect the significance of artistic forms in the growth of complex societies and the emergence of powerful empires. Interpretation in the gallery is designed to help visitors find connections with ancient art and to their own world. A computer station mimics the modern-day version of ancient messenger tablets by inviting visitors to write a response to art in the gallery and see it in both English and cuneiform, the world’s first writing. To prompt visitors to consider the role of art in imperial power, a video shows four major architectural fragments in the context of massive ancient empires. Images: Mosaic with Personification of the River Tigris, Unknown artist, Roman, Southern Turkey, late 2nd/3rd century AD, various stones. Detroit Institute of Arts | Mushhushhu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, Unknown artist, Babylonian, Iraq, 604–562 BCE, glazed ceramic. Detroit Institute of Arts
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Detroit Institute of ArtsWells Fargo Center5200 Woodward AvenueMI 48202Detroit, United statesDetroit Institute of ArtsWells Fargo Center5200 Woodward AvenueMI 48202Detroit, United statesThe DIA will open a revamped Ancient Middle East gallery on Oct. 2. The 2855 sq. ft. gallery on the first floor of the museum includes remarkable art from the ancient empires of Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Rome and the Arabian Kingdom—modern day Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen.The DIA’s collection of ancient Middle Eastern art includes more than 500 works spanning over 8,500 years (8000 BCE to 650 CE). The Ancient Middle East gallery will display 177 key pieces in an installation that illuminates the connections between ever-advancing technologies and sophisticated art forms during the rise of some of the world’s earliest civilizations and empires. Among the works is one of the jewels of the DIA collection and a celebrated symbol of Iraqi cultural heritage: a panel of glazed tiles from the Ishtar Gate, built around 575 BCE in the great city of Babylon. The gate was named in honor of the goddess Ishtar, and the panel features a dragon that was associated with Marduk, the patron god of Babylon.Together, these extraordinary objects reflect the significance of artistic forms in the growth of complex societies and the emergence of powerful empires. Interpretation in the gallery is designed to help visitors find connections with ancient art and to their own world. A computer station mimics the modern-day version of ancient messenger tablets by inviting visitors to write a response to art in the gallery and see it in both English and cuneiform, the world’s first writing. To prompt visitors to consider the role of art in imperial power, a video shows four major architectural fragments in the context of massive ancient empires. Images: Mosaic with Personification of the River Tigris, Unknown artist, Roman, Southern Turkey, late 2nd/3rd century AD, various stones. Detroit Institute of Arts | Mushhushhu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, Unknown artist, Babylonian, Iraq, 604–562 BCE, glazed ceramic. Detroit Institute of Arts Book tickets
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