CLAS 4110/6110
THE ETRUSCANS & EARLY ROME


Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
 
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Classic to Hnistic

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1. Bronze Chimaera fr. Arezzo , 4 th c. BC, in Florence Archaeo Museum

2. Arretine chimaera, different exposure

3. Closeup, head of Arretine chimaera

4. Drawing from Greek vase showing myth of Bellerophone fighting the Chimaera

5. Cortona, bronze lamp with Dionysiac figures, late 5 th or 4 th c. BC

6. Cortona, bronze lamp from below

7. Praeneste, Ficaroni cista, bronze, 4 th c. BC, in Villa Giulia, Rome

8. Detail of Ficaroni cista engraving, showing scene with Dioscuri

9. Bronze statuette of Tinia or Zeus with thunderbolt, Florence Archaeo Mus

10. Bronze statuette of Tinia throwing thunderbolt OR of nude warrior, Paris, Louvre

11. Bronze statuettes of worshippers, Bologna Archaeo Mus

12. Bronze statuette group of woman & boy fr. Satricum, ca. 4 th c. BC

13. Volterra, Guarnacci mus, elongated bronze statuette "L'ombra della sera", 2 nd c. BC

14. Volterra, closeup of head of "L'ombra della sera"

15. Falerii, temple pediment plaque in terracotta, ca. 490-480 BC, in Villa Giulia, Rome

16. Falerii, "Alexander-like" t-c from later pedimental group, 2 nd c. BC

17. Head of Tinia or Zeus, fr. Civita Castellana, 4 th c. BC, in Villa Giulia, Rome

18. T-c acroterion, female goddess, 4 th c. BC

19. T-c head of satyr, 4 th c BC or later, note use of paint

20. Civitalba, temple pediment t-c group of Theseus and Ariadne on Naxos , 2 nd c BC, in Bologna Archaeo Mus

21. Temple pediment showing myth of death of Telamon, ca. 200 BC, in Florence

22. Arezzo , t-c temple relief showing battle of Gods and Giants, 2 nd c. BC, in Florence

23. Arezzo , head of Minerva fr. t-c temple relief

24. Map of Etruria , locate CORTONA

25. Cortona, tumulus tomb, ca. 5 th c. BC, called Melone di Camucia

26. Cortona, Melone di Camucia, entryway and corbelling

27. Cortona, Melone di Camucia, sarcophagus emplacement

28. Diagram showing plan and structure of typical late tumulus, this one at Quinto Fiorentino

29. Cortona, Melone primo del Sodo, entry dromos, ca. 4 th c. BC

30. Cortona, Melone primo del Sodo, entryway, note corbelled vaulting in ceiling

31. Cortona, Melone primo del Sodo, inner chamber, note "lean-to" vaulted ceiling

32. Cortona, so-called Tomb of Pythagoras, 3 rd to 2 nd c. BC

33. Cortona, Tanella di Pitagora, entryway to burial chamber

34. Cortona, Pythagoras, note cut-stone masonry vault inside

35. Cortona, Pythagoras, masonry of drum, seen from the side

36. Cortona, Pythagoras, with students for scale

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