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Etruscan Art. Tuscany Region, Italy 7 th – 6 th Centuries BCE. Etruscan Key Ideas. Area of modern day Tuscany (named for the Etruscans) Sophisticated society before the Romans Influenced by Archaic Greek Art Bronze and terra cotta masters Complex necropoli tell us about them
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Etruscan Art Tuscany Region, Italy 7th – 6th Centuries BCE
Etruscan Key Ideas • Area of modern day Tuscany (named for the Etruscans) • Sophisticated society before the Romans • Influenced by Archaic Greek Art • Bronze and terra cotta masters • Complex necropolitell us about them • Etruscan culture absorbed by the Romans
Etruscan Painting Tomb of the Leopards, c. 480-470 BCE, Tarquinia, Italy Paintings are in tombs, which look like domestic dwellings May have been influenced by Greek painting Couples lounge at a banquet (it was unheard of for women to lounge next to their husbands in public) Men painted darker than women Celebratory emotions (perhaps a funeral banquet) Leopards at top CHECKERBOARD ceiling
Etruscan Sculpture Terra-cotta, bronze and stucco preferred media; modeled terra-cotta (not carved); look similar to archaic Greek sculpture, but with dynamic movement; lack of nudity; stylized hair Apollo from Veii, c.510 BCE, terra-cotta, now in Rome Sarcophagus from Cerviteri, c.520, terra-cotta, now in Rome
Bronze Sculpture Capitoline Wolf, c. 500 BCE, bronze, now in Rome Very famous sculpture, copies are all over Rome and Tuscany Face does not look wolf-like Alert, snarling, protective Story of Romulus and Remus suckling from she-wolf (children added during the renaissance)