Answer the following questions:
1. What is a liminal space and what function do guardian figures serve in these spaces? Identify two guardian figures from this chapter, describe them and discuss their location and significance.
2. What is the Mis Pi ritual and why, during the ritual, is the artist punished?
3. Define the visual language of style of the Sumerians. Identify and describe an example of a work that exemplifies this style. Identify and describe a work that demonstrates the influence of the Sumerian art on other cultures.
Use this source: Kliener, Fred. Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 16 Edition, Volume, Boston: Cengage Learning,
2016