Etruscan Art
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c. 900-509 B.C.
Etruscan Art
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Early EtruscansUsed clay, bronze, iron, bone and amberBelts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs
and bronze “fibulae” (safety pins for clothing)Architecture
Through Villanovan “hut urns” what houses looked likePost-holes in bedrock to show where they once stood
Villanovans
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Hut urn
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Etruria: confederacy of 12 city-states
Influences from abroad
“Historical” Etruscans
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Civita di Bagnoregio, Province of Viterbo, Central Italy
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“Bucchero” wareBlack firing, polished surfaceEtruscan
Pottery
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“Impasto” wareGrayish-brownDull surfaceVillanovan
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Cerveteri“tumuli”
Monuments of richer cemeteriesExamples of ancient paintingKnowledge of daily life (tombs imitated
Etruscan houses)
Tombs
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House for souls in the afterlife
Tomb of the Shields and the Chairs (600 B.C.)
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Regolini-Galassi TombGold Fibula
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“Helenistic” with reliefs of everyday objects
Tomb of the Reliefs (early 3rd century B.C.)
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Temple of Veii (500 B.C.)Dedicated to MinervaUse of wood, mud brick and terracotta vs. stoneCould be entered only from front Columns on one side vs. columns on four sides (Greek)
Temples
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Etruscan Temple of Veii (500 B.C.)(reconstruction)
vs. Greek Parthenon
(447 B.C.)
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Apollo of Veii (c. 500 B.C.)TerracottaOriginally painted
Sculpture
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Greek standing youth“archaic smile”Marble vs Terracotta
Anavysos Kouros
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Etruscan sarcophogus (from Cerveteri, late 6th century B.C.) terracotta
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“Warrior A,” bronze with bone and glass eyes, silver teeth and copper lips, (c. 460-450)
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Mars of Todi (early 4th century B.C.) bronze
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Capitoline Wolf (c. 500 B.C.) bronze
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Wounded Chimaera (Early 4th century B.C.) bronze
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Etruscan portrait from Manganello (1st century B.C.) terra cotta
Head of a bearded man “Brutus” (1st century B.C.) bronze
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The Orator (early 1st century B.C.) bronze
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Best preserved in tombs Themes of banqueting, athletic competitions,
musical performances related to funeral ritualsEtruscans “borrowed” Greek myths
Painting
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From Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia (late 6th century B.C.) wall painting
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Head of Velia, from Tomb of Orcus, Tarquinia (4th century B.C.) wall painting
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Mirrors
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Etruscan and Roman art sprang from similar rootsMajor influences from Greece and other cultures
Stories of the Founding of RomeAeneas
Descendants Romulus and Remus
Etruscan and Roman