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Chapter 9The Etruscans

AP Art History

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Italy in Etruscan Times

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Figure 9-1 Fibula with Orientalizing lions, from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerveteri, Italy, ca. 650–640 BCE. Gold, 1’ 1/2” high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.

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Figure 9-2 Model of a typical sixth-century BCE Etruscan temple, as described by Vitruvius. Istituto di Etruscologia e di Antichità Italiche, Università di Roma, Rome.

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Figure 9-3 Apulu (Apollo), from the roof of the Portonaccio temple, Veii, Italy, ca. 510–500 BCE. Painted terracotta, 5’ 11” high. Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome.

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Figure 9-4 Sarcophagus with reclining couple, from Cerveteri, Italy, ca. 520 BCE. Painted terracotta, 3’ 9 1/2” X 6’ 7”. Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome.

Figure 9-5 Tumuli in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy, seventh to second centuries BCE.

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Figure 9-6 Plan of the Tomb of the Shields and Chairs, Cerveteri, Italy, second half of the sixth century BCE.

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Figure 9-7 Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs, Cerveteri, Italy, third century BCE.

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Figure 9-8 Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480–470 BCE.

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Figure 9-9 Diving and fishing, detail of a mural painting in the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 530–520 BCE. Detail, 5’ 6 1/2” high.

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Figure 9-10 Capitoline Wolf, from Rome, Italy, ca. 500–480 BCE. Bronze, 2’ 7 1/2” high. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

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Figure 9-11 Chimera of Arezzo, from Arezzo, Italy, first half of fourth century BCE. Bronze, 2’ 7 1/2” high. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence.

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Figure 9-13 Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars), Perugia, Italy, second century BCE.

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Figure 9-15 Aule Metele (Arringatore), from Cortona, near Lake Trasimeno, Italy, early first century BCE. Bronze, 5’ 7” high. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence.