Etruscan

Question 1

Answer 1

Archaic, Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple, ca. 520 BCE, Cerveteri, Italy- would have been in mound tomb (tumuli) in necropolis, but resembling house of living

painted terracotta (now in Villa Giulia, Rome)

sarcophagus not for bodies, only ashes

Couple shown intact, engaged in lively discussion, gesticulating, on banquet couch; Archaic style

Etruscans not interested in proportion/balance like Greeks- legs far too small

Etruscans celebrate marriage in afterlife- Greeks not interested in afterlife

Question 2

Answer 2

Archaic, Capitoline Wolf, ca. 500-480 BCE

Late Archaic- with rise of Rome- Etruscan art in demand, Capitoline Wolf by Etruscan artist

Romulus and Remus added later- twins- suckled milk of she-wolf, became ferocious, abandoned by mother since father was Mars, Romulus kills Remus

Wolf is symbol of defiant Rome- associated with Mars

wolf has taut muscles, exuberant, psychic intensity, interacts with viewers, snarls