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Fibula with orientalizing lions
Location: Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerverti, Italy
Date: ca. 650-640 BCE
Misc: Gold, 1' 1/2" high.
Disk part made using repousse; lions on bottom are free-standing, and the center bar is woven. |
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Model of a typical 6th century BCE Etruscan Temple
- Columns made of wood; bases and capitols made of mud-brick or stone
- Terracotta is not made to withstand extreme weather
- Half of balcony taken up by shrines
- Casual movement in structures
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Apulu (Apollo) from the roof of the Portonaccio temple
Location: Veii, Italy
Date: ca. 510-500 BCE
Misc: Painted terracotta, 5' 11" high.
Rome's last king was the grandson of its first Etruscan king. Before expulsion, he embellished his city, leaving art pieces such as this. |
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Sarcohpagus with reclining couple
Location: Cerverti, Italy
Date: ca. 520 BCE
Misc: Painted terracotta, 3' 9 1/2" x 6' 7"
Equality between man and woman. Ashes in sarcophagus. Pleasant, happy expressions; the Etruscans found joy in the afterlife. |
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Tumuli in the Banditaccia necropolis
Location: Ceveteri, Italy
Date: seventh to second centuries BCE
Misc: Wealth gained in trade is obvious, but distance from city invited grave robbers to pick them clean. |
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Interior of the Tomb of Leopards
Location: Cerveteri, Italy
Date: 550-500 BCE
Misc: Fresco of celebrations, once again showing joy in the afterlife. Leopards guard the tomb, as the lamassu or lions did in other cultures. |
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Diving and fishing, detail of a mural in the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
Location: Tarquina, Italy
Date: ca. 530-520 BCE
Misc: 5' 6 1/2" high
Not everyone/thing standing on a specific line; illusion of space created. |
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Capitoline Wolf
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: ca. 500-480 BCE
Misc: Bronze, 2' 7 1/2" high
Babies added later; filled out, almost muscular appearance shows difference in style. The symbol of Rome, allegedly the she-wolf that raised Romulus and Remus. Her face seems almost human. |
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Chimera of Arezzo
Location: Arezzo, Italy
Date: first half of fourth century, BCE
Misc: Bronze, 2' 7 1/2" high.
Active stance, movement in sculpture. Wounded on goat's head. |
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Ficoroni Cista
Artist: Novios Plautios
Location: Palestrina, Italy
Date: late fourth century BCE
Misc: Bronze, 2' 6" high.
Depicts a Greek tale of the expidition of the Argonauts in search of Golden Fleece. Womans' toiletry container. |
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Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars)
Location: Perugia, Italy
Date: second century BCE
Misc: Hellenic influence evident in pilasters (flat columns). Perugia was spared destruction after allying itself with Rome. Arches depict Roman history. |
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Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena
Location: Tarquinia, Italy
Date: early second century BCE
Misc: Tufa, 6' 6" long.
Overall atmosphere of embellishments on Etruscan sarcophagi grew more grim after the Romans invaded. Lars is more realistic, sullen, wrinkled, old. Scene indicates the afterlife, with cherubs and demons. |
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Aule Metele (Arringatore)
Location: Cortona, Italy
Date: early first century BCE
Misc: Bronze, 5' 7" high.
Etruscan in name only; wears Roman clothes. Probably created when Rome first took Tuscany, hence the inscription and name in Etuscan, but look of the Roman. |
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