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The Etruscans

The Etruscans. The Etruscans. Three periods of Etruscan History: Villanovan Period – 9 th -8 th centuries BCE – similar to Greek Geometric Period in art Orientalizing Phase – 750 – 575 BCE – Etruscans reach height of their power

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The Etruscans

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  1. The Etruscans

  2. The Etruscans • Three periods of Etruscan History: • Villanovan Period – 9th -8th centuries BCE – similar to Greek Geometric Period in art • Orientalizing Phase – 750 – 575 BCE – Etruscans reach height of their power • Archaic Period – 550 – 350 BCE – Coincides with Greek Archaic Period; heavy Greek influence; most artwork from this period

  3. The Etruscans • The Etruscans are the first historic people in Italy • Etruscan writing has still not been deciphered • Etruscan religion was very similar to Egyptian and Greek; they were polytheistic and shared same gods as the Greeks but they had a strong belief in the afterlife like the Egyptians • Most Etruscan art is funereal.

  4. The Etruscans • Etruscan Art characteristics: • Heavy use of bronze and terracotta • Humans not always in proportion – not concerned with ideal forms • Many mythological themes: animals, heroes, and gods • Most art is related to funerals, tombs and after life themes

  5. The Etruscans • Apollo of Veii • 6th century BCE • Veii, Italy • Sculpture • Done in terracotta, easily sculpted but also delicate • Masterpiece of Etruscan Art • From top of temple

  6. The Etruscans • Portrait of a Boy • 300-100 BCE • Chiusi, Italy • Sculpture • Boy appears to be looking away towards a far away land • Etruscans were famous for their bronze work done in the lost wax method

  7. The Etruscans • Capitoline Brutus • 300 BCE • Rome, Italy • Sculpture • Considered to be done by Etruscan artists who were skilled in bronze work although it represents a famous Roman • An early hero of the Republic, not the same person who killed Julius Caesar

  8. The Etruscans • L’Arringatore (The Orator) • Early 1st Century BCE • Perugia?? Italy • Sculpture • AulusMetellus is the name of the man • Although the work is Etruscan, the style and clothing are completely Roman

  9. Etruscan Art • Etruscan Temple Reconstruction • 7th century BCE • Throughout Etruria, central Italy • Architecture • This is an artist reconstruction – based on descriptions from Roman sources, coins and tomb paintings • Note only one entrance and on a pediment

  10. Tumulus 7th to 2nd centuries B.C.E. Cerveteri, Italy Architecture Etruscan tombs resembled homes and businesses in many details

  11. Etruscan Art • Tomb of the Reliefs • 3rd Century BCE • Cerveteri, Italy • Architecture/Relief Sculpture • Richer people could afford sculpture in their tombs – here is the tomb of a blacksmith – note the reliefs of swords, armor, shields, etc

  12. Etruscan Art • Tomb of Hunting and Fishing • 520 BCE • Tarquinia, Italy • Architecture/painting • Interior of tomb from necropolis – continued belief in similarity in life and after life

  13. Etruscan Art • Sarcophagus of Married Couple • 520 BCE • Cerveteri, Italy • Sculpture • Made of terracotta, coffin of a married couple – Etruscans believed after life was same as this life

  14. Etruscan Art • She- Wolf • 500 BCE • Rome, Italy • Sculpture • Typical Etruscan example of bronze animals – the twins were added in the Renaissance – this is now the symbol of the city of Rome

  15. Etruscan Art

  16. Etruscan Art - Tombs

  17. Etruscan Art • The end . . . • Next Lecture … • The Romans

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