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Chapter Three

The Roman Empire. Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner. Chapter Three. Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas. Etruscan. Dates and Places : Eighth to fourth century BCE Northern and central Italy People :

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Chapter Three

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  1. The Roman Empire Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner Chapter Three Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas

  2. Etruscan Dates and Places: Eighth to fourth century BCE Northern and central Italy People: Independent kingdoms Polytheistic Fishermen, traders Capitoline She-Wolf, 500-480BCE. Fig. 3-7. Romulus and Remus are the two infants who were abandoned but adopted by a She Wolf (Rome). Romulus and Remus went on to construct the city of Rome in her honor. Rome was named after Romulus.

  3. Etruscan Themes: Temples Gods and humans Funerary goods Animals Forms: Lifelike, painted sculpture Wood, sun-dried brick and terracotta construction Apulu, ca. 510-500BCE. Fig. 3-3.

  4. Etruscan Model of an Etruscan temple, sixth century BCE. Fig. 3-2.

  5. Etruscan Example: Compare to Greek temple prototype Sun-dried brick, Tuscan columns, wood pitched roof Colonnaded porch High podium, single staircase for access Three cellas Model of an Etruscan temple, sixth century BCE. Fig. 3-2. A cella (from Latin for small chamber) or naos (from the Greek for temple), is the inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture,

  6. Etruscan Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards, 480-470BCE. Fig. 3-6.

  7. Etruscan Example: Necropolis with tumulus carved from tufa Contains reliefs or mural paintings Banqueting couples Exaggerated gestures Terracotta sarcophagi found in tumuli Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards, 480-470BCE. Fig. 3-6.

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