Etruscan (520-500 BCE) Flashcards

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Sarcophagus of the Spouses IDs

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Etruscan
520 BCE
Terracotta

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Sarcophagus of the Spouses

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Mold-made (not unique)
Elongated
Hand gestures (engaging/talking with each other and us)
Banqueting couch (eternal dinner party)
Sense of intimacy
Equals
Greek influences

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Tomb of Tricinium IDs

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Tarquinia, Italy
Etruscan
480-470 BCE
Tufa and fresco

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Tomb of the Triclinium

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Stylized paintings in a single chamber
Alternating colors
Animated flowy lines and poses
Funeral banquet
Men (darker skinned and shirtless)
Women (lighter skinned and clothed)
Showed women having fun
Held Greek pottery

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Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo

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Veii, Rome
Vulca (sculptor)
510-500 BCE
Wood, mud brick, volcanic rock, and terracotta

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Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo

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High, stone podium
Prostyle porch (Tuscan order: shaft on base on podium, capital holds frieze)
Axial
Only stairs on front
Religious temple to Minerva
Akroterial sculptures (terracotta sculptures on roof particular to Etruscans)
Apollo (Archaic Greek, egg head (Etruscan), terracotta, clothed, flexible)
Cella for Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva
Pediment sculptures (cover up ends of timbers that make up the roof)

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Etruscan Art

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Women as equals
Domestic-interior appearing tombs
Inspired by Greek pottery
Terracotta

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