Etruscan Art is found in central Italy and is in the same area as Rome. Etruscan civilization is contemporary to the Archaic Greeks. Influences Roman Art later on.
Models of Etruscan temples - as described by Vitruvius, ca. 6th-century B.C.E., made out of all wood while greek temples are made of stone, Terracotta roof over the wooden roof, mud-brick walls, stone base, instead of being able to go up anywhere in the temple like the Greek temples, Etruscan temples have a narrow staircase in the front, a staircase leads to the front porch, columns are wider at the base and get narrow at the top, unfluted columns meaning that they don’t have scoops taken out of sides, wide spaces, no ridges, the roof is not made out of stone and is not as heavy, columns are thicker, interior space would have 3 different cellas to the 3 different gods, 3 different doors, Zeus, Hera, and Athena, sculptures on the roof, the pediment isn’t that decorated, Apollo at the very top
Apulu (Apollo) - from the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy, ca. 510 - 500 B.C.E., painted terracotta, Veii is where the temple was located, roof-top statue, energetic, excited, alive in the same way as the Archaic Greeks are alive, has the Archaic Smile, realistic, Greeks would carve into stone and make bronze statues while the Etruscans would sculpt in baked clay, Wet-Drapery technique, arms are not just stoic by his side, but he’s interacting with space around him, highly patterned hair like the archaic greeks, the trunk is holding him up because terracotta isn’t that durable, swirly skin on calves which are very different from smooth skin in the Archaic Greek sculptures
Tumulus - from Cerveteri, Italy, 7th to 2nd centuries B.C.E., subterranean chamber and tomb, look like jills, cut into the rock, the volcanic stone is soft and easy to carve into
Interior of the tomb of the reliefs - Cerveteri, Italy, 3rd-century B.C.E., resemble houses, reliefs carved into walls, stucco decoration - relief that is made out of stucco, represent every-day life, bodies would go into rectangular place?
Sarcophagus with reclining couple - from Cerveteri, Italy, ca. 530 B.C.E., painted terracotta, originally painted, legs molded separately, has a seam showing that they’re two different parts put together, held ashes of the people inside after cremation, Etruscan culture shows that women are fairly equal to their husbands unline Greek and Roman sculpture, figures interacting, man is lovingly touching his wife, interactive unlike archaic art
Chimera of Arezzo - from the Arezzo, Italy,1st half of the 4th century B.C.E., bronze, nightmare, different animals put together, similar to what greeks would be producing, the body is a lion, the mane is stylized, look like petals of a flower, the face is in pain, missing parts of the lower jaw, goats head, snake tail, the snake biting goat, the goat is shown with blood pouring out, muscled, relatively basic like Greek art
Capitoline Wolf - from Rome, Italy, ca. 500 - 480 B.C.E., bronze, tells the story of the founding of Rome, Romulus, and Remus were two twins that were raised by a she-wolf, female wolf or a prostitute, most likely raised by prostitute, holo cast bronze, the wolf is tense, lifeless face, patterned hair, turns and curves in ribs, whelping, beginning of what became Roman society
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