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SUMMARY:Brick by Brick: Technical Considerations on Building the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way
DESCRIPTION:This lecture takes the form of a conversation between a co
 nservator and curator on the technical aspects of making bricks in the
  form of animals for the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way. We will rec
 onstruct the process of how the bricks were made and assembled. Close 
 observation of the composition of the animals reveals that the craftsp
 eople made deliberate choices about how to lay out these images across
  a grid of bricks. These choices were not based in a desire to streaml
 ine the working process or economize on labor and materials\, but rath
 er were motivated by a preference for symmetry and for minimizing the 
 visual interference of the brick grid on the pictorial elements of the
  composition. We will end with a look at the monumental task of recons
 tructing the panels after the fragments arrived in Berlin.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
PRIORITY:3
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