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Etruscan Art. Fibula with Orientalizing lions from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb (Cerveteri), c. 650-640 BCE fibula, a fastening pin found in a tomb/ combining repoussé with granulation/ Eastern influences (Orientalizing lions).
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Fibula with Orientalizing lions from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb (Cerveteri), c. 650-640 BCEfibula, a fastening pin found in a tomb/ combining repoussé with granulation/ Eastern influences (Orientalizing lions)
Apulu (Apollo) from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple (Veii), c. 510-500 BCE, painted terracottaEtruscan temples with rooftop terracotta statuary, three cellas, Tuscan columns, and a frontal staircase/ animated figures with an “Archaic smile”/ Apulu (Etruscan Apollo), possibly the work of Vulca of Veii
Left: Reconstruction of an Etruscan templeRight: Apulu (Apollo) from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple (Veii), c. 510-500 BCE, painted terracotta
Herakles form the temple of Portonaccio (Veii), 510-490 BCE, terracotta
Sarcophagus with reclining couple (Cerveteri), c. 520 BCE, painted terracotta
Etruscan practice of husbands and wives dining together/ animated hand gestures and intimate body language/ optimistic view of the afterlife
Banqueters and musicians from the Tomb of the Leopards (Tarquinia), c. 480-470 BCE
Musicians from the Tomb of the Leopards (Tarquinia), c. 480-470 BCE
Musician from the Tomb of the Leopards (Tarquinia), c. 480-470 BCE
Diving and fishing, detail of mural paintings from the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing (Tarquinia) c. 530-520 BCE
Tarquinius Superbus, the last of the Etruscan kings/ Romulus and Remus (placed on a raft by their mother Rhea Silvia to protect them from the rage of their uncle Amulius) raised by a she-wolf/ mixture of stylization and naturalism, with incised detail
Chimera of Arezzo (Arezzo), early 4th century BCE, bronzea chimera depicted as a composite animal, animated and ferocious/ killed by Bellerophon while riding Pegasus
Mars of Todi, early 4th century BCE, bronzeEtruscan interpretation of the Polykleitan canon/ rarity of nudity in Etruscan art
Novios Plautios. Ficoroni Cista (Palestrina), late 4th century BCE, bronze
Aule Metele (Arringatore, Orator) (Sanguineto), early 1st century BCEself-confidence of a Roman magistrate with an Etruscan name/ resemblance to contemporary Roman portraits and inspiration for later depictions of emperors (such as Augustus)