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Art & Art History: Etruscan Art (900 - 50 BCE)

Etruscan Art

Etruscan Art (Websites, Links, & Articles)

Etruscan (art history resources)
Etruscan (Khan Academy)
Etruscan Art (artsy)
Etruscan art (from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia) Characteristic achievements are the wall frescoes-painted in two-dimensional style-and realistic terra-cotta portraits found in tombs. Bronze reliefs and sculptures are also common.
Etruscan Art (The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Heilbrunn Timeline)
Etruscan Art (Wikipedia)
Etruscan civilization (from The Columbia Encyclopedia)
Etruscan religion (Wikipedia)
Etruscans (World Book Advanced)
The Etruscans, an introduction by DR. LAUREL TAYLOR (smarthistory)
Etruscans from The Classical Tradition (Harvard University Press)
Etruscan Social Classes and Organization (World History Encyclopedia)
Etruscan Women
Volaterrae the Etruscan Velathri (Volterra) from A Guide to the Ancient World, H.W. Wilson

Fibula from Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerveteri (c.650 BCE)

Cerveteri Tombs (6th - 3rd centuries BCE)

Sanctuary of Minerva (or Portonaccio), Temple of Apollo, & Apulu (Apollo) of Veii (510-500 BCE)

Tarquinian Tombs (Late 6th cent. - early 5th cent. BCE)

Chimera of Arezzo (c.400 - 350 BCE)

François Tomb (c.4th cent. BCE)

Sarcophagus and lid with husband and wife (Thanchvil Tarnai and her husband Larth Tetnies) 350 -300 BCE

Sarcophagus and lid with husband and wife. c.350-300 BCE. MFA Boston.

Ficoroni Cista (350-300 BCE)

"Capitoline Brutus" (c.300 BCE)

Porta Augusta. Perugia. (Arco Etrusco or Arco di Augusto) (3rd-2nd century BCE)

Sarcophagus of the magistrate Laris Pulena (c.3rd cent. BCE)

Aule Metele (L'Arringatore) (c.110 - 90 BCE)

Timelines

Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Heilbrunn Timeline)

Periods

Early Villanovan (c. 900 - 675 BCE)
Oriental (c. 675 - 575 BCE)
Archaic (c. 575 - 480 BCE)
Classical (c. 480 - 300 BCE)
Hellenistic (c. 300 - 50 BCE)

Books & eBooks

Etruscans by Dale Brown (Editor); Time-Life Books Editors Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams.
Call Number: DG223.E87 1995
ISBN: 9780809490455
Publication Date: 1999
The Etruscans by Agnes Carr Vaughan
Call Number: DG223.V38 1993
ISBN: 9781566192767
Publication Date: 1993
The Etruscans by Aldo Massa
Call Number: LARGE DG223.3.M382 1989
Publication Date: 1989
The Etruscans: a new investigation by Mauro Cristofani
Call Number: LARGE DG223.C868 1979
ISBN: 9780856132599
Publication Date: 1979

Capitoline Wolf (11th/12th century CE - Twins 15th century CE) Recent research places this sculpture in the Carolingian period.