Talk:Burney Relief

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[edit] Question about realism

I don't know much about art, but I didn't know there were artists producing such realistic human figures so early in history. Was this common, or is the Burney Relief special in this sense? --Allen 17:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

1950 BC isn't that early in the history of art. There are numerous examples of human figures executed with comparable skill from before this period, for example some of the statues of Gudea of Lagash are quite remarkable. Egyptian sculpture was quite accurate also. Plus there are the famed human representations of the Indus Valley civilisation, such as the Dancing Girl. There are others, but I'll leave it at that. 80.47.155.184 00:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)