Chapter ThreeThe Roman Empire

Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace

Randal WallaceUniversity of North Texas

Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner

Etruscan Dates and Places: • Eighth to fourth century

BCE• Northern and central

Italy

People:• Independent kingdoms• Polytheistic• Fishermen, traders

Capitoline She-Wolf, 500-480BCE. Fig. 3-7.

Romulus and Remus are the two infants who were abandoned but adopted by a She Wolf (Rome). Romulus and Remus went on to construct the city of Rome in her honor.Rome was named after Romulus.

EtruscanThemes:• Temples • Gods and humans• Funerary goods • AnimalsForms:• Lifelike, painted

sculpture• Wood, sun-dried brick

and terracotta construction Apulu, ca. 510-500BCE. Fig. 3-

3.

Etruscan

Model of an Etruscan temple, sixth century BCE. Fig. 3-2.

EtruscanExample: • Compare to Greek

temple prototype• Sun-dried brick, Tuscan

columns, wood pitched roof

• Colonnaded porch• High podium, single

staircase for access• Three cellas

Model of an Etruscan temple, sixth century BCE. Fig. 3-2.

A cella (from Latin for small chamber) or naos (from the Greek for temple), is the inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture,

Etruscan

Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards, 480-470BCE. Fig. 3-6.

EtruscanExample: • Necropolis with tumulus

carved from tufa• Contains reliefs or mural

paintings• Banqueting couples• Exaggerated gestures• Terracotta sarcophagi

found in tumuli

Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards, 480-470BCE. Fig. 3-6.