| Description |
143 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- 6 Etruscan Origins and the Villanovan Civilization -- 8 Economic Activity in the Etruscan World -- 720-580 B.C. -- The Orientalizing Period -- 12 Etruria and the East -- 14 The Etruscan Aristocracy -- 16 The Gilt Silver Lebes from Palestrina -- 18 Women's Grave Goods -- 20 Etruria and Greece -- 22 The Ivory Pyxis from the Pania Necropolis -- 24 Architecture and Urban Planning -- 26 Gold from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb -- 28 Images of Ancestors -- 30 Pottery in Impasto and Bucchero -- 32 The Practice of Writing -- 580-480 B.C. -- The Archaic Period -- 36 Houses and Palaces -- 38 Emporiums -- 40 Temples -- 42 The Etruscan Kings in Rome -- 44 The Temple at Portonaccio in Veii -- 46 Banquets -- 48 Attic Pottery in Etruria -- 50 Etruscan Figurative Pottery -- 52 The Sarcophagus of the Married Couple -- 54 Stone Sculpture -- 56 Etruscan Expansion -- 58 Cippi from Chiusi -- 60 Bucchero Artisans -- 62 Cerveteri -- 64 The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia -- 66 The Benvenuti Situla -- 68 Bronzeworking -- 480-320 B.C. -- The Classical Period -- 72 War Between Rome and Veii -- 74 Monumental Coroplastics in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. -- 76 The Winged Horses of Tarquinia -- 78 Greek Teachings -- 80 Language and Written Text -- 82 The Laminae of Pyrgi -- 84 An Urban Apogee -- 86 Marzabotto and Domestic Architecture -- 88 The Gods -- 90 Tages and the Mirror of Tuscania -- 92 Bronzeworking -- 94 The Chimaira of Arezzo -- 96 Aristocracy and the Middle Class at Tarquinia -- 98 Classical Era Pottery -- 100 Gens and Familia -- 102 Currency and the City-states -- 104 Funerary Crafts -- 106 Rock Necropolises -- 108 Toward Hellenism -- 320-27 B.C. -- Hellenism and Romanization -- 112 Norchia and Temple Tombs -- 114 The Great Conflict and the "Pax" Romana -- 116 Defensive Architecture -- 118 The Tabula Cortonensis -- 120 The Birth of Portraiture -- 122 The Orator -- 124 The Temple at Talamone -- 126 Mass-produced Pottery -- 128 Cinerary Urns at Chiusi and Volterra -- 130 The Manufacturing of Ex-Votos -- 132 The Sedia Corsini -- Appendixes -- 136 The Etruscans in Pre-Roman Italy -- 138 Glossary -- 140 Etruscan Art in the World -- 142 Etruscan Archaeological Sites -- 144 Photography Credits |
| Summary |
"Beginning in the eighth century B.C., the splendid civilization of the Etruscans spread out across the vast area of central Italy that extends from the edges of the Po Valley to the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Although their geographic and linguistic origins remain controversial, the Etruscans were deeply rooted in the region and developed a bread network of commercial and artistic trade throughout the Mediterranean. They created unforgettable works in gold, paintings, and sculpture in terra-cotta and bronze, while importing extraordinary painted vases from Greece. Ancient necropolises survive to this day, scattered among the provinces of Emilia, Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria: at the seashore, carved into tufa, clinging to cliff walls, or buried beneath fields, often characterized by a diverse, distinctive architecture |
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From these cities of the dead, dazzling evidence continues to emerge of a culture that was rich, multifaceted, open, and peaceful - a culture destined to merge with Rome after centuries of independence."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Translated from the Italian |
| Subject |
Etruscans -- History.
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Etruscans -- Italy -- History.
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Architecture, Etruscan.
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Art, Etruscan.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Zuffi, Stefano, 1961-
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Peccatori, Stefano.
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Targia, Maria Cristina.
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| LC no. |
2003023714 |
| ISBN |
071412253X |
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0892367539 softcover |
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