ART HIS 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Chamber Tomb, Caere, Tarquinia
Document Summary
Oor mosaic from the house of the faun. A roman version of a wall painting made 310bc. Darius sees all is lost and is about to ee. The death of darius is foreshadowed by the foot soldier stuck under his chariot. View of roman period streets leading to the acropolis. Umenes became the rst king because someone entrusted money to him but died. From an actual battle that happened a few years ago. Killed his wife because she will be taken as a maid or concubine. Sea deities ghting against the giants ( some of them bifurcated anguipeds: sea creature legs ) on the stairs. Nyx ( night, personi ed) hull a constellation against a giant. Back side zeus throwing lightening-bolts; eagle is in the upper right. Caere (cerveterl) : necropolis: city of the dead. Believed to have rituals so that the livings will come and make offerings: roads in the city.
