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Etruscan Art

Etruscan Art. c. 900-509 B.C. Villanovans. Early Etruscans Used clay, bronze, iron, bone and amber Belts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs and bronze “fibulae” (safety pins for clothing) Architecture Through Villanovan “hut urns” what houses looked like

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Etruscan Art

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  1. Etruscan Art c. 900-509 B.C.

  2. Villanovans • Early Etruscans • Used clay, bronze, iron, bone and amber • Belts, helmets, razors, iron knives, swords, hairpins, combs and bronze “fibulae” (safety pins for clothing) • Architecture • Through Villanovan “hut urns” what houses looked like • Post-holes in bedrock to show where they once stood

  3. Hut urn

  4. “Historical” Etruscans • Etruria: • confederacy of 12 city-states • Influences from abroad

  5. Civita di Bagnoregio, Province of Viterbo, Central Italy

  6. Pottery • “Bucchero” ware • Black firing, polished surface • Etruscan

  7. “Impasto” ware • Grayish-brown • Dull surface • Villanovan

  8. Tombs • Cerveteri • “tumuli” • Monuments of richer cemeteries • Examples of ancient painting • Knowledge of daily life (tombs imitated Etruscan houses)

  9. Tomb of the Shields and the Chairs (600 B.C.) • House for souls in the afterlife

  10. Regolini-Galassi Tomb Gold Fibula

  11. Tomb of the Reliefs (early 3rd century B.C.) • “Helenistic” with reliefs of everyday objects

  12. Temples • Temple of Veii (500 B.C.) • Dedicated to Minerva • Use of wood, mud brick and terracotta vs. stone • Could be entered only from front • Columns on one side vs. columns on four sides • (Greek)

  13. Etruscan Temple of Veii (500 B.C.)(reconstruction) vs. Greek Parthenon(447 B.C.)

  14. Sculpture • Apollo of Veii (c. 500 B.C.) • Terracotta • Originally painted

  15. AnavysosKouros • Greek standing youth • “archaic smile” • Marble vs Terracotta

  16. Etruscan sarcophogus (from Cerveteri, late 6th century B.C.) terracotta

  17. “Warrior A,” bronze with bone and glass eyes, silver teeth and copper lips, (c. 460-450)

  18. Mars of Todi (early 4th century B.C.) bronze

  19. Capitoline Wolf (c. 500 B.C.) bronze

  20. Wounded Chimaera (Early 4th century B.C.) bronze

  21. Etruscan portrait from Manganello (1st century B.C.) terra cotta Head of a bearded man “Brutus” (1st century B.C.) bronze

  22. The Orator (early 1st century B.C.) bronze

  23. Painting • Best preserved in tombs • Themes of banqueting, athletic competitions, musical performances related to funeral rituals • Etruscans “borrowed” Greek myths

  24. From Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia (late 6th century B.C.) wall painting

  25. Head of Velia, from Tomb of Orcus, Tarquinia (4th century B.C.) wall painting

  26. Mirrors

  27. Etruscan and Roman • Etruscan and Roman art sprang from similar roots • Major influences from Greece and other cultures • Stories of the Founding of Rome • Aeneas • Descendants Romulus and Remus

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