Etruscan Art

Erica NessAP Art History

Moreno Valley High School

Chonology

• Villanovan - 900 B.C.E. - 700 B.C.E.• Orientalizing - 700 B.C.E. - 600 B.C.E.• Archaic - 600 B.C.E. - 480 B.C.E.• Classical - 480 B.C.E. - 323 B.C.E.• Hellenistic - 323 B.C.E. - 89 B.C.E.

Etruscan Counterparts of Greco-Roman Gods and Heros

EtruscanTiniaUni

MenrvaApulu

ArtumesHercle

GreekZeusHera

AthenaApollo

ArtemisHerakles

RomanJupiterJuno

MinervaApolloDiana

Hercules

Sarcophagus from CerveteriLocation: Cerveteri,

ItalyDates: C. 520 BCEMedium: Terra Cotta

Apollo of VeiiLocation: Veii, ItalyDates: c. 515 BCEMedium: Painted Terra Cotta

Capitolpine WolfLocation: Capitolino, RomeDates: c. 500 BCEMedium: Bronze (Lost Wax Method)

Wounded ChimeraLocation: Arezzo, ItalyDates: c. 425 BCEMedium: Bronze

(Lost Wax Method)

Models of Etruscan TempleArtist: reconstructions based on the writing of VitruviusDate: ca. 6th C. BCE

Tuscan Order

Interior of Cerveteri TombLocation: Cervereti, ItalyDates: C. 550 BCEMedium: Tufa

TumulusLocation: Cerevteri, ItalyDates: 7th-2nd Century BCEMedium: Tufa

Tomb of the LeopardsLocation: TarquiniaDate: 480-470 BCEMedium: Fresco