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The Apollo of Veii is a good example of the mastery with which Etruscan artists produced these large art pieces. It was made, along with others, to adorn the temple at Portanaccio 's roof line. Although its style is reminiscent of the Greek Kroisos Kouros , having statues on the top of the roof was an original Etruscan idea.
The Chimera of Arezzo is regarded as the best example of ancient Etruscan art. [1] The British art historian David Ekserdjian described the sculpture as "one of the most arresting of all animal sculptures and the supreme masterpiece of Etruscan bronze-casting". [2]
The high-relief of the "Tarquinia Winged Horses" is a fragment of the colonnade that supported the pediment of the most important temple of the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquínia, at the Ara della Regina, better known as the Major Temple of Tarquínia. Nowadays situated at the Province of Viterbo (region of Lazio, Italy). [1] [2]
Although the figures are distinctly Etruscan, [2] the artist of the central banquet draws on trends in Greek art and marks a transition from Archaic to Early Classical style in Etruscan art. [9] The processions on the left and right are more markedly Archaic and were executed by different artists. [10] The tomb was discovered in 1875.
Etruscan art was largely a derivation of Greek art, although developed with many characteristics of its own. [1] Given the almost total lack of Etruscan written documents, a problem compounded by the paucity of information on their language —still largely undeciphered—it is in their art that the keys to the reconstruction of their history ...
Etruscan ivory pyxis and lid with sphinx-shaped handle, 650–625 BC. The Orientalizing period or Orientalizing revolution is an art historical period that began during the later part of the 8th century BC, when art of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East heavily influenced nearby Mediterranean cultures, most notably Archaic Greece.
The tomb paintings conforming to this style consisted of two elements. First, they depicted architectural details of an open pavilion, which would have been erected near the tomb to host the funeral banquet. Second, they depicted the funeral celebrations of the Etruscans. The artists aimed to recreate the view of the celebrations from the pavilion.
The figures on the wall of the tomb infer clues as to the identity of the tomb's occupant, while also demonstrates and reflects artistic movements and practices during this period in history. The tomb depicts four lions and eight aquatic birds – these animals are particularly symbolic when depicted in a burial chamber.