Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was...
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Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY) Sculptures made from terra-cotta (Italian for “Baked Earth”) The new ‘Tuscan Style’ of architecture takes Greek orders with a twist
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Etruscan Art
(700-539 BCE)
Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY)
Sculptures made from terra-cotta (Italian for “Baked Earth”)
The new ‘Tuscan Style’ of architecture takes Greek orders with a twist
Etruscan Art
(700-539 BCE)
Columns were smooth and did not surround temple
Only one set of stairs leading up to stylobate
Lots of terra-cotta sculpture – especially on roof
Front and Back sides no longer the same
Sarcophagus from Cerveteri. C520 BCE 6’7” in length. ETRUSCAN
The tombs of Cerveteri
Romulus and Remus nursed by a She-Wolf