Italy Before the Romans:

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Gardners Art Through the Ages, 12e

• Chapter 9
• Italy Before the Romans
• The Art of the Etruscans

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Italy in Etruscan Times
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Goals

• Identify the geographic area of the Etruscan
  people.
• Examine the possible origins of Etruscan art and
  culture.
• Understand how and why the architecture and art
  of the Etruscans is different from that of the
  Greeks.
• Understand the funerary customs of the Etruscans.

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• Fibula with Orientalizing lions ca 650-640 BCE

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Etruscan ArchitectureModel of a Typical Etruscan
Temple6th BCE
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Etruscan Funerary Sculpture
Sarcophagus from Ceveteri ca. 520 BCE
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Figure 9-6 Plan of the Tomb of the Shields and
Chairs, Cerveteri, Italy, second half of the
sixth century BCE.
Cerveteri Tomb
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Tarquinia Tomb of the Leopards
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Tarquinia Tomb of the Leopards
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Capitoline Wolf

• What evidence is present for the influence of the
  Greeks and Romans in the Etruscan art?
• What is the importance of the Capitoline
  Wolf?
• 500-480 BCE

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Chimera of Arezzo

• 1st half 4th cen BCE

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Ficoroni Cista

• Late 4th cen BCE

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Porta Marzia, Perugia 2nd cen. BCE
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Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena from Tarquinia

• Early 2nd cen BCE

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Early Late Etruscan Sculpture
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Discussion Questions

• Where do you believe the Etruscans originated?
  Why is their origin not known?
• What does Etruscan wall painting tell us about
  Etruscan life? How is this different from the
  wall paintings of the Egyptians? of the Aegean
  cultures?
• What aspects of Etruscan art and architecture is
  unique to them?