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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

smarthistory

khan academy

you tube playlist

useful notes website

AP Art History images/flashcards

Image Folder

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

 

© 2019 by Gillian Bailey

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