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Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY) Sculptures made from terra-cotta (Italian for “Baked Earth”) The new ‘Tuscan Style’ of architecture takes Greek orders with a twist
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Page 1: Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY) Sculptures made from terra- cotta.

Etruscan Art

(700-539 BCE)

Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY)

Sculptures made from terra-cotta (Italian for “Baked Earth”)

The new ‘Tuscan Style’ of architecture takes Greek orders with a twist

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Etruscan Art

(700-539 BCE)

Columns were smooth and did not surround temple

Only one set of stairs leading up to stylobate

Lots of terra-cotta sculpture – especially on roof

Front and Back sides no longer the same

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Sarcophagus from Cerveteri. C520 BCE 6’7” in length. ETRUSCAN

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The tombs of Cerveteri

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Romulus and Remus nursed by a She-Wolf


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