ART HIS 40A Lecture 21: Etruscans
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Caere: modern cerveteri necropolis, aerial view view of round chamber tombs. T omb of the shields and chairs, ca. 550 bce (image #1) note architectural features: beams, door frames, steps, windows, and other furniture such as footstools and couches for the dead carved out of bedrock. 300 bce (image #2: made by vel matunas for his family. Greek culture, and retain names enjoy life and nature. Tarquinia: tomb of the leopards, featuring banqueting couples, ca. 480 bce (image #4) side wall with musicians and dancers, landscape elements. Cerveterl: terracotta sarcophagus ( flesh eater ), reclining couple, ca. 520 bce enlarged hands exchanging eggs (signs of fertility) hairstyles, man is bearded with long locks, woman wears hat attention given to shoes. Bronze mirror, back: scene of chalchas, inspecting liver from sacrifice (haruspication) ca. Bce liver is the seat of the soul look for sign from the gods.
