Murlo And The Etruscans

Author : Richard Daniel De Puma,Jocelyn Penny Small
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0299139107

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Murlo and the Etruscans by Richard Daniel De Puma,Jocelyn Penny Small Pdf

Murlo and the Etruscans explores this and other mysteries in a collection of twenty essays by leading specialists of Etruscan and classical art, all of whom have been associated with the Murlo site. Numerous photographs and drawings accompany the essays. The first eleven chapters survey specific groups of Etruscan objects and challenge the view of Etruscan art as provincial or derivative. Interpretations of the magnificent series of decorated terra cotta frieze plaques and other architectural elements contribute to an understanding of Murlo and related Etruscan centers. Plaques depicting a lively Etruscan banquet offer a way to detect differences between Etruscan and ancient Greek society. The remaining nine chapters treat various aspects of Etruscan art, often moving beyond ancient Murlo, both geographically and temporally. They examine funerary symbolism, sculpted amber, and amber trade contacts along the ancient Adriatic Coast; depictions of domesticated cats; votive terra cottas of human anatomical parts and how they help in understanding Etruscan medicine; and the adaptation of Greek style, myth, and iconography in Etruscan art. "These essays will have a broad impact on the study of the ancient Mediterranean. They will certainly be required reading not only for Etruscologists but for anyone with an interest in the world of classical antiquity. The range of subjects, moving in wide arcs around the archaeological site at Murlo, brings the site into focus in a way that a series of standard archaeological site reports could not."--Kenneth Hamma, J. Paul Getty Museum "There is a fine and commendable interweaving and intertwining of thoughts and scholarly research throughout Murlo and the Etruscans. It will be a useful reference source for the art of Etruscan coroplast, wherein lies the forte of the Etruscan sculptor!"--Mario A. Del Chiaro, University of California

Author : Nancy Thomson de Grummond,Erika Simon
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780292782334

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The Religion of the Etruscans by Nancy Thomson de Grummond,Erika Simon Pdf

Devotion to religion was the distinguishing characteristic of the Etruscan people, the most powerful civilization of Italy in the Archaic period. From a very early date, Etruscan religion spread its influence into Roman society, especially with the practice of divination. The Etruscan priest Spurinna, to give a well-known example, warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March. Yet despite the importance of religion in Etruscan life, there are relatively few modern comprehensive studies of Etruscan religion, and none in English. This volume seeks to fill that deficiency by bringing together essays by leading scholars that collectively provide a state-of-the-art overview of religion in ancient Etruria. The eight essays in this book cover all of the most important topics in Etruscan religion, including the Etruscan pantheon and the roles of the gods, the roles of priests and divinatory practices, votive rituals, liturgical literature, sacred spaces and temples, and burial and the afterlife. In addition to the essays, the book contains valuable supporting materials, including the first English translation of an Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar (which guided priests in making divinations), Greek and Latin sources about Etruscan religion (in the original language and English translation), and a glossary. Nearly 150 black and white photographs and drawings illustrate surviving Etruscan artifacts and inscriptions, as well as temple floor plans and reconstructions.

Author : Sinclair Bell,Alexandra A. Carpino
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118352748

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A Companion to the Etruscans by Sinclair Bell,Alexandra A. Carpino Pdf

This new collection presents a rich selection of innovative scholarship on the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, European, and Classical worlds. Includes contributions from an international cast of both established and emerging scholars Offers fresh perspectives on Etruscan art and culture, including analysis of the most up-to-date research and archaeological discoveries Reassesses and evaluates traditional topics like architecture, wall painting, ceramics, and sculpture as well as new ones such as textile archaeology, while also addressing themes that have yet to be thoroughly investigated in the scholarship, such as the obesus etruscus, the function and use of jewelry at different life stages, Greek and Roman topoi about the Etruscans, the Etruscans’ reception of ponderation, and more Counters the claim that the Etruscans were culturally inferior to the Greeks and Romans by emphasizing fields where the Etruscans were either technological or artistic pioneers and by reframing similarities in style and iconography as examples of Etruscan agency and reception rather than as a deficit of local creativity

Author : John Franklin Hall
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art, Etruscan
ISBN : 0842523340

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Etruscan Italy by John Franklin Hall Pdf

Livy describes the Etruscans as filling the whole of ancient Italy with their power and influence. While Etruscan rule throughout large parts of the Italian peninsula endured for but a few centuries, Etruscan influence was so extensive that in some respects it continues into the present. Outside the Etruscan heartland, Rome itself was perhaps the best preserver of things Etruscan. The fourteen essays comprising this volume explore Etruscan Italy and examine the influence exerted by Etruscan civilization upon the cultures of Italy in Roman and post-Roman times. Represented are contributions from various disciplines which converge to employ multiple methodologies in a comprehensive approach to delineating the enduring themes of Etruscan Italy.

Author : Simon K.F. Stoddart
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863040

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Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans by Simon K.F. Stoddart Pdf

The Etruscans were the creators of one of the most highly developed cultures of the pre-Roman Era. Having, at one time, control over a significant part of the Mediterranean, the Etruscans laid the foundation of the city of Rome. They had their own language, which has never been totally decoded, and their art influenced such artists as Michelangelo. While the Etruscans were eventually conquered by the Romans, they left a rich culture behind. The Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans relates the history of this culture, focusing on aspects of their material culture and art history. A chronology, introductory essay, bibliography, appendix of museums and research institutes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions provide an entry into a comparative study of the Etruscans.

Author : Annalisa Coppolaro Nowell,Anthony Tuck,Göran Söderberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8898816316

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L'avventura etrusca di Murlo. 50 anni di scavi a Poggio Civitate. Ediz. italiana e inglese by Annalisa Coppolaro Nowell,Anthony Tuck,Göran Söderberg Pdf

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199802852

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Etruscans: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Oxford University Press Pdf

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In classics, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is just one of many articles from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics, a continuously updated and growing online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through the scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of classics. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

Author : Charlotte Rose Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780198722076

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Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria, C. 900-500 BC by Charlotte Rose Potts Pdf

Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria, c. 900-500 BC presents the first comprehensive treatment of cult buildings in western central Italy from the Iron Age to the Archaic Period. By analysing the archaeological evidence for the form of early religious buildings and their role in ancient communities, it reconstructs a detailed history of early Latial and Etruscan religious architecture that brings together the buildings and the people who used them. The first part of the study examines the processes by which religious buildings changed from huts and shrines to monumental temples, and explores apparent differences between these processes in Latium and Etruria. The second part analyses the broader architectural, religious, and topographical contexts of the first Etrusco-Italic temples alongside possible rationales for their introduction. The result is a new and extensive account of when, where, and why monumental cult buildings became features of early central Italic society.

Author : Lucy Shipley
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784910570

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Experiencing Etruscan Pots by Lucy Shipley Pdf

What was it like to use and live with Etruscan pottery? Characterising that experience of Etruscan pottery is the concern of this book. More specifically, this volume aims to unpick both the physical encounter between vessel and hand, and the emotional interaction between the user of a pot and the images inscribed upon its surface.

Author : Elizabeth P. Baughan,Lisa C. Pieraccini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781009178891

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Etruria and Anatolia by Elizabeth P. Baughan,Lisa C. Pieraccini Pdf

Striking similarities in Etruscan and Anatolian material culture reveal various forms of contact and exchange between these regions on opposite sides of the Mediterranean. This is the first comprehensive investigation of these connections, approaching both cultures as agents of artistic exchange rather than as side characters in a Greek-focused narrative. It synthesizes a wide range of material evidence from c. 800 – 300 BCE, from tomb architecture and furniture to painted vases, terracotta reliefs, and magic amulets. By identifying shared practices, common visual language, and movements of objects and artisans (from both east to west and west to east), it illuminates many varied threads of the interconnected ancient Mediterranean fabric. Rather than trying to account for the similarities with any one, overarching theory, this volume presents multiple, simultaneous modes and implications of connectivity while also recognizing the distinct local identities expressed through shared artistic and cultural traditions.

Author : Nancy Thomson de Grummond
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1931707863

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Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend by Nancy Thomson de Grummond Pdf

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "all relevant illustrations from the book, arranged in alphabetical order according to mythological character. To increase the usefulness of the [CD-ROM], supplementary images not in the book have been added[.]"--P. xv.

Author : Helen Parkins,Christopher Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134709410

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Trade, Traders and the Ancient City by Helen Parkins,Christopher Smith Pdf

Trade, exchange and commerce touched the lives of everyone in antiquity, especially those who lived in urban areas. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City addresses the nature of exchange and commerce and the effects it had in cities throughout the ancient world, from the Bronze Age Near East to late Roman northern Italy. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City employs the most recent archaeological, papyrological, epigraphic and literary evidence to present an innovative and timely analysis of the importance and influence of trade in the ancient world.

Author : Giovanni Caselli
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527584754

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Etruria and the Origins of the Etruscans by Giovanni Caselli Pdf

This book is a contribution to Etruscan archaeology stemming from the belief that, because of the lack of written records, the historian and the archaeologist must step in to become shrewd detectives and inspect the scene of the crime to obtain evidence of the facts. It looks minutely at the material evidence on the ground during the day and at night, displaying graphically the evidence and showing the reader the resulting facts and possible new interpretations. Breaking the bounds of common place perceptions, it presents an entirely fresh image of Etruria that has been overlooked, one deeply rooted in the land and natural environment.

Author : Helle Damgaard Andersen
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8772894121

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Urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th Centuries BC by Helle Damgaard Andersen Pdf

This volume from the "Acta Hyperborea" series of archaeological studies covers the topic of urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th centuries BC. "Acta Hyperborea" is a periodical by a group of classical archaeologists associated with Danish universities and museums. Although primarily a journal of classical archaeology, it also covers other fields in classical scholarship. One of the main objectives of the periodical is the interdisciplinary approach to promote a dialogue between historians, philologists and archaeologists.

Author : Paul M. Miller
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784915810

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Continuity and Change in Etruscan Domestic Architecture by Paul M. Miller Pdf

Etruscan architecture underwent various changes between the later Iron Age and the Archaic period. This book reconsiders these changes by focusing on the building materials and techniques used in the construction of domestic structures.