Unit Two: Ancient & Classical Art Developed by Cynthia Millis and Lisa Wildermuth for Online Model ARTS 1303 Course - 2015

Etruscan Please study the related Map and Timeline in the required text.

Chronology Orientalizing Period c 750 – 575 BCE Archaic Period c 575 – 490 BCE Classical Period c 490 – 300 BCE

over most of the present-day country of ________. The Etruscans probably descended from the _________ people and went on to rule over most of the present-day country of ________. According to the text, Met Museum, and Penn Museum, the Etruscans enjoyed rich farm land and metal deposits leading to many occupations including: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/etru/hd_etru.htm www.penn.museum/sites/worlds_intertwined/etruscan/technology.shtml

most of their information about the culture? According to the Penn Museum and Met Museum, although the Etruscans had a written language, why do scholars rely on their art and archaeological remains for most of their information about the culture? www.penn.museum/sites/worlds_intertwined/etruscan/language.shtml www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/etru/hd_etru.htm

As many of the cultures we study in this course, the Etruscans were >polytheist According to the text and Penn Museum, describe the religion. www.penn.museum/sites/worlds_intertwined/etruscan/religion.shtml Title : Votive Model of a Temple Date : 3rd century BC Repository : Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_1039779872 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqVXcrc1xzfA%3D%3D

specific responsibilities. Zeus Using the text and Penn Museum as your guide, make a chart including the more familiar Greek gods/goddesses listed below with their Etruscan names and their specific responsibilities. Zeus Hera Athena Aphrodite Apollo www.penn.museum/sites/worlds_intertwined/etruscan/religion.shtml

goddess. According to the text and Penn Museum, describe the As part of the Etruscan religion temples were built to honor the many gods and goddess. According to the text and Penn Museum, describe the building materials used. Because of these materials, little remains of any Etruscan temple. How then do we know what they looked like? Describe the layout and distinctive parts of a typical Etruscan temple. www.penn.museum/sites/worlds_intertwined/etruscan/architecture.shtml

Etruscan temples were decorated with sculpture made out of >terra cotta Why would the location of these sculptures and the material used pose particular challenges to Etruscan artists? Title : Veii: Portonaccio Temple: model Date : c.500-490 B.C ARTstor : ARTSTOR_103_41822003501044 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3oteFx9fSY%3D

TITLE: CULTURE/ARTIST: FORM & MEDIUM: WHEN: WHERE: HOW: WHAT: CONTEXT: Title : Apollo of Veii (Aplu) Date : c. 515-c. 490 BC Repository : Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_1039779883 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqVXcrc1x8cg%3D%3D

The Etruscans also expressed their religion through funerary practices. Like the Ancient Egyptians studied earlier in this unit, the Etruscans also believed in an afterlife that mimicked the present. They believed in preparing their tombs with items usable in the afterlife and with scenes illustrating their life on earth. Etruscans grouped their tombs in >necropoli According to UNESCO they created different types of tombs including _________, __________, and >tumuli www.whc.unesco.org/en/list/1158 (Top) Title : Street of the Tombs viewed from the end Date : end of 4th century BCE ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310474664 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqXXgvfl5%2BeSQ%3D (Bottom) Title : Necropolis of Banditaccia: Tumulus Date : 7th - 2nd century BC ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_1039779904 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqVXcrc111fQ%3D%3D

Etruscan tombs decorated? Looking through the text and the UNESCO site from the previous slide, how were Etruscan tombs decorated? (Left) Title : Burial chamber, Tomb of the Bas-Reliefs at Caere (Cerveteri) Date : ca. 5th to 3rd century B.C.E. ARTstor : AIC_980008 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8DlKaFMnIjQzJA%3D%3D (Right) Title : The Monterozzi Necropolis, Tomba Dei Leopardi / Tomb of the Leopards Date : Built circa 470 BC ARTstor : ASITESPHOTOIG_10313826999 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CNaaSQwKSw0NzU8dSUURXorXXIheVJ8eQ%3D%3D

The Etruscans practiced cremation and inhumation The Etruscans practiced cremation and inhumation. So, within the tombs researchers have found >urns and >sarcophagi (Left) Title : Canopic Urn Date : c. 7th-6th century BCE Repository : Museo Claudio Faina ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310474229 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqXXgvfl56eS0%3D (Right) Title : Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti Date : first half of the 2nd century BCE Repository : Museo archeologico di Firenze, Florence, Italy ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_1039614627 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqVXYseF94fA%3D%3D

According to the text and Louvre, what is this couple doing? What does the sarcophagus from the previous slide and the one above, along with these from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston tell us about Etruscan life and the role of women in their society? www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/sarcophagus-spouses www.mfa.org/collections/conservation/conservationinaction_etruscansarcophagi Title : Sarcophagus, called the Sarcophagus of the Married Couple. Date : c. 520-510 BCE Repository : Musée du Louvre, inv. Cp 5194. ARTstor : LESSING_ART_10311441963 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FThWdC8hIywtPygxFTx5RnksX3wjclg%3D

TITLE: CULTURE/ARTIST: FORM & MEDIUM: WHEN: WHERE: HOW: WHAT: CONTEXT: Title : Sarcophagus of the Married Couple; detail showing the reclining figures of the lid Date : c. 520 BCE Repository : Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310840797 URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=4iFCeTg4NCciJy8laCt2KngqXXgjcVl7dyg%3D