ETRUSCAN
ART
7th – 3rd Century BCE
MANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Temples & Tombs
Cremation - afterlife
Rock-cut tombs
Afterlife similar to Egyptians
Votive statues
Used Greek deities
Terra-cotta
ROMAN ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS
Composite Order:
combines Ionic
(volute)
with Corinthian
(acanthus leaves)
TEMPLES
Models of Etruscan temples
as described by Vitruvius
ca. 6th century B.C.E.
SCULPTURE
Artist: Master sculptor Vulca (?)
Title: Apollo
Medium: Painted terra cotta
Size: height 5'10" (1.8 m)
Date: c. 510–500 BCE
Source/Museum: Temple of
Minerva, Portenaccio, Veii.
Apulu (Apollo)
from the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy
ca. 510-500 B.C.E.
painted terracotta
71 in. high
TOMBS
Title: Burial chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs
Date: 3rd century BCE
Source: Cerveteri
Tumulus
from Cerveteri, Italy
7th to 2nd centuries B.C.E.
SARCOPHAGI
Title: Sarcophagus
Medium: Terra cotta
Size: length 6"7" (2.06 m)
Date: c. 520 BCE
Source: From Cerveteri
Title: Burial chamber, tomb
of the Triclinium, Tarquinia
PAINTINGS Date: c. 480–470 BCE
4 pt Essay
How does the architecture of the
Etruscans reflect their funerary practices?
How does their architecture differ from
that of the Greek?