The Etruscans

700 - 509 BCE

Apollo Painted Terracotta, c. 500 BCE, 5’10”

Model of Etruscan Temple:Built with mud-brick, wooden roof, wood or tufa columns. Large terracotta statues placed on roof, rather than pediment.

Etruscan

note “Archaic Smile”

Etruscan

Etruscan Grave MoundsLa Banditaccia Cemetary Cerveteri, Italy7th-4th century BCE

Etruscan Tomb of the ReliefsCerveteri, Italy 3rd century BCE

Etruscan

Musicians and DancersTomb of the Lioness,Tarquinia, Italy480-470 BCE

Two Musicians Tomb of the Leopards,Tarquinia, Italy480-470 BCE

Etruscan Sarcophagusfrom Cerveteri, c 520 BCE, terracottalength 6’7”

Etruscan

Porta Augusta2nd century BCE(Monumental city gate of Perugia)

- Early Etruscan use of round arch and barrel vault that will become staple of Roman architecture

Etruscan Portrait sculpture - used both bronze and terracotta

Head of Manc. 300 BCE, bronze with painted ivory eyes.Etruscan or Roman?

Apolloterracotta

Head of a manterracotta

Etruscan

She-Wolf c. 500 BCE, bronze, height 33.5”

(Twins are 15th or 16th cent. CE additions)

ChimeraBronze, c. 300 BCE