Etruscan Art
By the sixth century BCE, a group of people known as the Etruscans controlled a large and powerful empire near the coast of Italy, around what is now Rome. The Etruscans successfully ruled until they were overthrown by the Romans in 281 BCE. Strongly influenced by the Greeks, The Etruscans provided an artistic link between the Greeks and the Romans. The Romans will establish and rule one of the most extensive empires in history. Imposing their culture on all people under their domain, the Romans ruled an empire that stretched from the Euphrates River in the Near East, to North Africa, and to Scotland in Northern Europe.
At this time, a new order of architectural elements is created: The TUSCAN Order. This marked by a simple column base and a plain, unfluted column. The Etruscan style temple is also fairly different from its predecessors.
By the sixth century BCE, a group of people known as the Etruscans controlled a large and powerful empire near the coast of Italy, around what is now Rome. The Etruscans successfully ruled until they were overthrown by the Romans in 281 BCE. Strongly influenced by the Greeks, The Etruscans provided an artistic link between the Greeks and the Romans. The Romans will establish and rule one of the most extensive empires in history. Imposing their culture on all people under their domain, the Romans ruled an empire that stretched from the Euphrates River in the Near East, to North Africa, and to Scotland in Northern Europe.
At this time, a new order of architectural elements is created: The TUSCAN Order. This marked by a simple column base and a plain, unfluted column. The Etruscan style temple is also fairly different from its predecessors.
- Life-size Terra cotta of Apollo, c500 BCE. (Note the use of the 'Archaic smiles' on the Etruscan sculptures.)
- Etruscan Sarcophagus in Cerveteri, c520 BCE shows that the Etruscans had a more gentle approach to death.
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Timeline
Need to know date = 550 BCE = Etruscan
753 BCE Founding of Rome
509 BCE Etruscan kings expelled from Rome
89 BCE Completion of Romanization in Italy |
Major Differences of Etruscan and Greek Temples
Greek
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Etruscan
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