Art 133-World Art History I
Study Guide, Chapter 6 Etruscan Art
Pictures/Slides from Text
1. 6.1, Fibula from Regolini-Galassi Toumb, Rome, Italy, 670-650 BCE,
Orientalizing
2. 6.4, Toumb of Reliefs, Cerveteri, Italy, 300 BCE, Archaic
3. 6.5, Toumb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia, Italy, 520 BCE, Archaic
4. 6.7, Human Headed Cinerary Urn, Chiusi, Italy, 675-650 BCE, Orientalizing
5. 6.8, Sarcophagus from Cerveteri, Paris, France, 520 BCE, Archaic
6. 6.9, Youth and Female Demon, Florence, Italy, 4th Century BCE, Archaic
7. 6.11, Sarcophagus Lid of Larth Tetines, Boston, MA, USA, 350-300 BCE,
Classical
8. 6.16, Vulca/Apollo from Veii, Rome, Italy, 510 BCE Archaic
9. 6.17, She-Wolf, Rome, Italy, 500 BCE, Archaic
10.6.18, Portrait of a Man, Rome, Italy, 1st Century BCE, Classical
11.6.19, The Orator/L’arringatore, Florence, Italy, 100 BCE, Classical
12.6.20, Engraved Back of a Mirror, Rome, Italy, 400 BCE, Archaic
Facts/Information from Text
13.The ancient Etruscans were sailors and merchants who traveled throughout the
Mediterranean.
14.The Etruscans reached the height of their power in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE.
15.The bulk of our information about Etruscan culture comes from art and especially
from the contents of their monumental tombs.
16.Etruscan tombs were grouped together outside their towns in an area known as a
necropolis.
17.Etruscan tombs were cut into the bedrock and the excavated rock was piled
around the entrance forming mounds.
18.Ancient Etruscans were famed for their skill as goldsmiths.
19.Two types of Etruscan tomb decorations were used, relief carvings in the south
and fresco paintings in the north.
20.It is clear that a distinct change in the content of tomb decoration occurred in the
late Classical period during the 4th century BCE to a more somber mood.
21.Etruscan tombs contained numerous sarcophagi and cinerary containers
commonly topped with sculptures of reclining human figures.
22.According to Roman writers, the Etruscans were masters of architectural
engineering, town planning and surveying.
23.Etruscan cities generally sat on hilltops close to navigable rivers or the ocean.
24.The “Port of Marzia” (Gate of Mars) is an early example of a voussoir arch which
will later be used extensively by the ancient Romans.
25.Similar in style to the Greeks, Etruscan temples were constructed of wood and
mud brick, thus none of them survive intact.