Transcript Gardner`s Art Through the Ages, 12e

Gardner’s 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 650640 BCE
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Etruscan Architecture
Model of a Typical Etruscan Temple
6th BCE
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Etruscan Funerary Sculpture
Sarcophagus from Ceveteri ca. 520 BCE
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Cerveteri Tomb
Figure 9-6 Plan of the Tomb of the
Shields and Chairs, Cerveteri, Italy,
second half of the sixth century BCE.
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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?
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