ch.9 Etruscan

Question 1

Temple of Minerva

Answer 1

• Veii, Rome
• made of wood, mud brick, and tufa (volcanic rock)
• Tuscan columns (smooth, unfluted)
• many statues on the roof
• only meant to be seen from the front

Question 2

Apollo Statue

Answer 2

• Veii, Rome
• painted terra cotta, 5ft 11in
• stylized, unnaturalistic
• clothed and dynamic, unlike Greeks
• face was similar to the Archaic smile
• on the roof of the Temple of Minerva

Question 3

Tomb of the Triclinium

Answer 3

• Tarquinia, Italy
• tufa (volcanic rock) and fresco
• leopards could represent Dionysus, god of wine
• there are musicians and dancers
• depicts feasting and celebrating death
• gender equality is present, men and women lie together on couches
• women are lighter

Question 4

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

Answer 4

• painted terra cotta
• a couple laying on a couch at a feast (woman is speaking, gesturing)
• gender equality; men and women converse together
• not a portrait
• shows celebration in death
• naturalistic body, face is the same (similar to Archaic smile)