(800 - 225 BCE)
ETRURIA (PRE-ROME)
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CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
UNIT SHEET: below
SNAPSHOT Sheet:
Etruscan Unit Sheet
APAH 250 Images:
Vocabulary:
necropolis
sarcophagus
terra cotta
portico
tufa
tumulus
pseudo peripteral temple
29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses
31. Temple of Minerva
31. Apollo from Veii
32. Tomb of the Triclinium (Tomb of the Leopards)
Additional Images:
Capitoline Wolf
The Orator

Etruscan Unit Sheet:

But how can I tell Greek Temples from Etruscan?
Greek Temples Etruscan Temples
Colonnade:
Around entire perimeter. Columns only in front.
Steps:
Three steps around perimeter. Steps only in front.
Porch:
In front of, and behind, the cella. Only in front of the cella.
Podium:
Small, consisting of three steps. Tall, with steps only in front.
Cella:
One room. Three rooms.
Pediment:
Closed and decorated with sculpture. Open and not decorated.
Sculpture:
In pediments, metopes, and frieze. On the roof.