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

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

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

4. 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:

5. 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?

6. As many of the cultures we study in this course, the Etruscans were >polytheist According to the text and Penn Museum, describe the religion.
Title : Votive Model of a Temple Date : 3rd century BC Repository : Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_ URL :

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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 B.C ARTstor : ARTSTOR_103_ URL :

10. 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_ URL :

11. 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
(Top)
Title : Street of the Tombs viewed from the end Date : end of 4th century BCE ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_ URL :
(Bottom)
Title : Necropolis of Banditaccia: Tumulus Date : 7th - 2nd century BC ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_ URL :

12. 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_ URL :
(Right)
Title : The Monterozzi Necropolis, Tomba Dei Leopardi / Tomb of the Leopards Date : Built circa 470 BC ARTstor : ASITESPHOTOIG_ URL :

13. 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_ URL :
(Right)
Title : Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti Date : first half of the 2nd century BCE Repository : Museo archeologico di Firenze, Florence, Italy ARTstor : SCALA_ARCHIVES_ URL :

14. 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?
Title : Sarcophagus, called the Sarcophagus of the Married Couple. Date : c BCE Repository : Musée du Louvre, inv. Cp ARTstor : LESSING_ART_ URL :

15. 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_ URL :