Roman Art

EtruscanEtruscan hut urns - villanovan-looks like how huts looked-held ashes-usually held in pot w/ other things and then burried

EtruscanBucchero potter-fire and highly polished to get black polished look-Amphora, Greek shapes -clay acting/looking like bronze-influence with carvings

EtruscanAnthropomorphic biconical urns-helmet used as the lid- only one handle to make it unusable

EtruscanFibula from Regolini-Galassi Tomb650-600 BC-worn on clothing as a pin-lions = near middle eastern influence-hollow skin of woven gold-marching lions and protruding ducks-very complex working

EtruscanEtruscan temple model-none of these temples were standing (wood and terracotta)-sculpture on top of roof - etruscan-stairs at front entrance/ empty pediment-connect heaven and earth-spacious porch

EtruscanApollo from Veil-roof of temple-archaic smile-stylized hair and muscles-bulging eyes-moving pose-clingy drapery

EtruscanTomb of Reliefs early 200s-bodies layed here-weapons carved into walls as well as other tools

EtruscanReclining and Embracing Couple Sarcophagus lids-portraits of deceased-relaxed-emotional embrace

EtruscanTomb of Bulls, Troilus and Achilles540 BC-Narrative before action-Thick legs and bodies-disproportional-strong outlines-borrowing from greeks

EtruscanTomb of Hunting and Fishing530 BC-stylized waves-egyptian influence-pleasures of life, diving, having fun with friends-looks like a tent, temporary structure

EtruscanTomb of Lionesses520 BC-dancing, huge thing of wine-egg, sign of life and rebirth-Women light skin, men dark skin-long hands, weird poses-tent, possibly building

Etruscan Tomb of the Hunter510 BC-tent

Etruscan Orator (Aulus Metellus)1st century BC-political pose-older man, republican looking-blur between etruscan and roman

EtruscanCapitoline She-Wolf500 BC-romulus and remus-first time seeing wolves because located in area-becomes symbol

Etruscan Wounded Chimera from Arezzo4th c. BC-mythological beast-energetic-naturalistic body but stylized hair