Etruscan Art9th-2nd centuries BC

* Most of information about the Etruscans comes from their tombs

* They decorated these tombs with frescoes depicting everyday life, mythology and funerals

* The colors are bright and the style is lively * As their civilization declined, Rome expanded. This is

reflected in later art which becomes more somber.

Tomb of Hunting and Fishing ca 520 BC Tarquinia

Tomb of the Triclinium ca 480 BC Tarquinia

Two Dancers (right wall) Tomb of the Triclinium 470 BC

Tomb of the Reliefs 4th c BC Cerveteri

imitates the interior of a house, covered with relief sculpture of weapons, armor, household items, pets and people

Apollo of Veii ca 550 BC

terracotta statue of Apollo

Archaic Style was decoration for

a pediment

Sarcophagus of the Spouses ca 520 BC

Capitoline She-wolf ca 480 BC bronze

Chimaera of Arezzo

ca 400 BC bronze

Bucchero pottery characterized by shiny black surface