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c. 900-509 B.C. Etruscan Art

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Page 1: C. 900-509 B.C.. Early Etruscans Used clay, bronze, iron, bone and amber Belts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs and bronze “fibulae”

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

Page 8: C. 900-509 B.C.. Early Etruscans Used clay, bronze, iron, bone and amber Belts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs and bronze “fibulae”

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.)

Page 12: C. 900-509 B.C.. Early Etruscans Used clay, bronze, iron, bone and amber Belts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs and bronze “fibulae”

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