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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 vase paintings were produced from the 7th through the 4th centuries BC, and is a major element in Etruscan art. It was strongly influenced by Greek vase painting , followed the main trends in style, especially those of Athens , over the period, but lagging behind by some decades.
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]
Tomb of Hunting and Fishing Detail of the fresco on the back wall of the main chamber. The Tomb of Hunting and Fishing (Italian: Tomba della Caccia e Pesca), formerly known as the Tomb of the Hunter (Tomba del Cacciatore), [1] is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy.
A trove of bronze statues that archeologist say could rewrite the history of Italy's transition to the Roman Empire have been discovered. Ancient Etruscan statues illuminate history of pre-Roman Italy
Etruscan art was produced by the Etruscan civilization between the 9th and 2nd centuries BC. Particularly strong in this tradition were figurative sculpture in terracotta (particularly lifesize on sarcophagi or temples), wall-painting and metalworking (especially engraved bronze mirrors). Etruscan sculpture in cast bronze was famous and widely ...
The Tomb of the Triclinium (Italian: Tomba del Triclinio) ) [1] is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi (near Tarquinia, Italy) dated to approximately 470 BC. [2] The tomb is named after the Roman triclinium , a type of formal dining room, which appears in the frescoes of the tomb. [ 3 ]
Polykleitos: The Doryphoros, the summary of the aesthetic idealism of Classicism. The sculpture of Classicism, the period immediately preceding the Hellenistic period, was built on a powerful ethical framework that had its bases in the archaic tradition of Greek society, where the ruling aristocracy had formulated for itself the ideal of arete, a set of virtues that should be cultivated for ...