How were Assyrian palace complexes typically decorated and why? Use Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden as an example to support your statements.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Assyrian palaces were constructed of mud brick and decorated with panels of alabaster or limestone that were carved with pictorial narratives in low relief.
2. These sculpted panels usually depict battle and hunting scenes, royal life or ceremonies, and religious imagery.
3. Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden, for example, portrays the king and queen relaxing in a pleasure garden as servants bring them trays or food and whisking away insects.
4. However, this relief, like many others, also celebrates the king's military victories and power because the severed head of a vanquished enemy hangs from a tree at the far left of the composition.
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