ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Old Italic Script, Etruscan Art, Tumulus
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Tarquinia- a burial site, necropolis, in the ground. Sarcophagus (pl. sarcophagi)- coffin" when you don"t choose cremation. Etruscan art work is heavily influenced by greeks. Etruscan letters are greek undercase but flipped backwards. Women had the same rights as men. For the most part they cremated themselves. Human- headed cinerary urn, terracotta h: 25 . Similar looking to the ones in egypt. Know because of the holes in the face. Beard holes (how we know it"s a man) Even if you were cremated you would choose this to show your wealth. Called flesh eater because they put your body there and would come back weeks later. Man and women are similar in size. She"s in front of him but not overpowering him. The necropolis and the city have different names. The tombs are larger than the cities. Womb of the body and the vagina. Named after the drawings in the tomb.
