The Etruscans Overview

The Etruscans were the people who occupied the middle of Italy (modern day Tuscany) in the early Roman days. Whom the Romans in their usual neighbourly fashion whipped out completely.

● Experts with terracotta (clay) and with metal work. ● Sea faring people, and became rather wealthy through trade. ● Split up into smaller city states. ● Writing is more or less indecipherable to us (orphan language.)

>>>Radenna Etruscan Kings ruled over early Rome until about 509 BCE.

>>Aron and Tiber River Religion and Mythology.

Etruscan Greek Roman

Tinia Zeus Jupiter Hera Juno Uni Athena Minerva Menrva Apollo Apollo Apulu Artemis Diana

Artumes Herakles Hercules

Hercle Temples Etruscan Temples: Deep Porches/ wood and brick/ artwork displayed on the roof Apulu( Apollo of the Veii) from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple, Veii Italy 510-500 BCE Third labor of Hercules the golden deer. Do we remember who the man on the right is? Similarities and differences? Etruscan Tombs The Etruscans also expressed their religion through funerary practices. Like the Ancient Egyptians studied earlier in this unit, the Etruscans also believed in an afterlife that mimicked the present. They believed in preparing their tombs with items usable in the afterlife and with scenes illustrating their life on earth. Inside the Tombs

Their tombs resembled the inside of a home. Tomb of the Leopards:

Leopards painted at the top, perhaps to ward off evil and keep the deceased safe. They appear to be fierce and hissing.

Women and men appear to be relaxing together, this is a recurring theme in Etruscan art works. Along with the theme of relaxation and celebration of life.

The men have a darker red skin tone, while the females are pale in color.

Naked servants poor wine and play music for their elite masters.

The person who was buried in this tomb must have been of a very high statues. ( Tomb found in Tarquinia/ wealthy city state of Etruscans)

Tomb of the leopards, Tarquinia, Italy Early Etruscan art What do we see? Detail

Man playing a musical instrument,

small harp/ lyre.

> decorative

>stylized Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia, Italy 530-520 BCE Figures enjoying themselves into the afterlife. E.g Hunting, fishing, sailing.

We see birds and Dolphins interacting with humans. The large door is probably a symbolic entree to the underworld. Two men extend one arm toward the door and place one hand against their forehead in double gesture signifying salute and mourning.

Interior of the Tomb of Augurs, Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia. 520 BCE A depiction of a Funerary game in honor of the deceased. /Wrestling match. Similar in some ways to how the Egyptians painted their tombs. Women in Etruscan Civilization

*Women were participating in sporting events in the Etruscan Culture such as exercises, compositions, and games.

*We see how women were represented regularly in all the artistic manifestations with their male partner, dancing, sleeping alongside their husband enjoying banquets or represented in reliefs, sculptures and paintings showing them in possession of jewelry and body ornaments. Etruscan Urns for Cremation Sarcophagus with reclining couple, from the Banditaccia Necropolis, Carvereri Italy. 520 BCE, Painted Terracotta. Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome. Second Sarcophagus with reclining couple, 520 BCE, Painted Terracotta. Louvre Museum on Paris. Compare More examples

This Urn demonstrates the turbulent emotions Etruscans experienced in the presence of an unclear future Sarcophagus of Lars, Pulena, Stone Capitoline Wolf, from Rome Italy 500-480 BCE The symbol for Rome.