"Eight Gate of Babylon"

The Eight Gate of Babylon

Pictures from Google Images

Painting by Clooms

           

The Ishtar gate was the eight gates to the inner city of Babylon. Mesopotamian has this fine and well known architectural structure, for it is constructed with in the great walls of Babylon. The Ishtar gate will be found at the museum in Berlin. During the 575 B.C it was constructed and ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II. The name originated from one of the gods and goddesses of Babylon, “Ishtar”, and Ishtar was the goddess of fertility, love and war. The proportion of this edifice is 45 ft in height and 35 ft in with.

            Based on observations of the Ishtar gate, it is simple to visualize the subject matter, form, content and iconography; style and medium. The subject matters are animals, humans, gods and goddesses and humans. Animals that are in scripted in the walls are Lions, Babylon dragons combine with the head of a snake, tails of a scorpion and claws of an eagle, horses that looked like goats and humans warriors. The form of the Ishtar gate is architecture. Content and Iconography shows that Babylonians worshiped their gods and goddesses as well it shows pride and power which are symbolized by the animals. Style and medium are mud from rivers, brick masonry, and glazed skin.

Subject Matter	Animals, Humans and gods and goddesses
Form	Architecture
Content and Iconography	Worship their gods and goddesses also pride and power
Style and Medium	Mud from, rivers, bricks masonry, glazed skins

                During this period, how Nebuchadnezzar II did made this magnificent gate of Babylon? How did he all the pieces together, to make it a well built structure I think that Nebuchadnezzar constructed this gate, because to give beauty of the empire As the race continues, The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Garden made its position as one of the seven wonders of the world. During the period of Ancient art, I think it is one of the greatest contributions of well developed structure, well detailed, and well interpretations.