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Survey of Western Art I - Final Exam Review

THE ETRUSCANS

 *note artworks in highlighted italics

• The Etruscans: 800 – 300 BC in Italy
  • Inhabited Etruria (present day Tuscany)
  • Importance of available metals (ie. bronze)
    • Bronze – the high point of Etruscan art
  • International Trade
  • Taste for Eastern luxury goods / motifs
  • Mix of immigrant and native populations (influenced by Greeks & the East)
    • Economic & cultural relations with Greece
    • But, had a distinct culture of their own
  • Agriculture important
  • Etruscan tombs (tumulus)
    • Strong religious beliefs – esp in the afterlife.
  • First King of Rome was an Etruscan – Tarquinius Priscus (616 BC)
  • Romans derived their ancestry from Etruscan roots
  • Art combined originality and imitation
    • Bronze
    • Terracotta
    • Vases
  • Works to note:
    • Etruscan family tomb at Cerveteri
    • Archaic Etruscan Temple
    • Sarcophogi
    • Capitoline Wolf
    • Chimera Arezzo
  • Terms to note:
    • Pilaster – a rectangular column, with a capital and base engaged in a wall.
    • Arcuated – Arch and column construction (as in arcuated gateway)
    • Cella – The chamber at the center of an ancient temple
    • Granulation – Fusing of tiny metal balls or granules to a metal surface (such as in jewelry or other decorative metalwork)
    • Sarcophagus – A coffin usually made of carved stone.
    • Tumulus – Burial mound that covers an underground tomb
    • Repoussé – hammered relief used in decorative metalwork

ROMANS