AP ART HISTORY
PHS - BAILEY
ETRUSCAN & EARLY ROMAN ART
Gardner's art through the ages pages 162-175
Dates to Know
Etruscan: ca. 800-500 B.C.E.
Same time as Archaic Greek
Early Roman: ca. 753 BCE -237 CE.
Vocabulary
Necropolis Tumulus
Terracotta Sarcophagus
Portico Pseudo Peripteral Temple
CONCEPTS
Influenced by Archaic Greek Art, but no nudity
Death is focused on celebration of life, not afterlife
Shift from religion to civic structures
Development of larger, more complex architecture
THEMES
Power
Ideals of Beauty
Funereal
khan academy
AP Art History images/flashcards
29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta.
31. Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510–500 B.C.E. Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture. (3 images)
32. Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480–470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco.
Additional Images
Capitoline Wolf, 5th century B.C.E. or medieval, bronze, 75 cm
Aule Metele (Arringatore or The Orator), from Cortona, Italy, early 1st century B.C.E., bronze, 67 inches high