CLAS 4110/6110
THE ETRUSCANS & EARLY ROME


Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
 
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Volaterrae

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1. Map of Etruria . Locate VOLATERRAE / Volterra

2. Volterra, vaulted gate from Etruscan period, 4 th - 2 nd c. BC

3. Volterra, vaulted gate, a bit closer

4. Volterra, vaulted gate, note placement of head busts

5. Volterra, arcuated lintel of gate

6. Volterra, interior of vaulted gate

7. Perugia , Porta Marzia, date disputed but possibly late Etruscan

8. Volterra, more distant view of vaulted gate

9. Volterra, Guarnacci museum, "L'ombra della sera" elongated bronze statuette

10. Volterra, Guarnacci, head of "L'ombra della sera" 2 nd c. BC

11. Volterra, Guarnacci, elongated bronze statuette, front and side views

12. Brolio, earlier elongated statuettes, ca. 550-500 BC, in Bologna

13. Arezzo , Archaeo Mus, archaic example of elongated bronze statuette on LEFT

14. Volterra, Guarnacci, gold necklace and earrings

15. Volterra, Guarnacci, gold earrings and pin

16. Volterrra, Guarnacci, ash urn of Larthi(a) Cracnei, myth of Actaeon, 2 nd -1 st c. BC

17. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn showing myth of Calydonian boar hunt, 2 nd - 1 st c. BC

18. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn showing Odysseus and the Sirens, 2 nd - 1 st c. BC

19. Closeup of Odysseus tied to mast of ship

20. Torre San Severo sarcophagus, ca. 300 BC, Odysseus scenes, in Florence

21. TSS sarcophagus end panel, showing Odysseus sacrificing to Underworld deities

22. TSS sarchophagus, other end panel, Odysseus threatening Circe

23. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn showing Achilles rescuing body of Patroclus, 2 nd - 1 st c. BC

24. Closeup of Achilles and body of Patroclus

25. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn showing myth of Philoctetes on Lemnos , 2 nd -1 st c. BC

26. CHIUSI, ash urn with painting, showing myth of Eteocles and Polynices, 3 rd - 2 nd c. BC

27. Chiusi, unfinished sarcophagus of a magistrate, 2 nd c. BC: is there portraiture here?

28. Chiusi, sarcophagus with reclining male, 2 nd c. BC: a portrait?

29. Chiusi, painted sarcophagus of Larthia Seianthi, 2 nd c. BC: portraiture!

30. AREZZO , Archaeo Mus, ash urn of local dignitary, 2 nd -1 st c. BC: portrait?

31. Arezzo , ash urn of local matron, note Roman influence in lower panel.

32. VOLTERRA, Guarnaccci, ash urn of a haruspex, capite velato, 2 nd -1 st c. BC: portraiture?

33. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn of A. Caecina (in Latin), 2 nd - 1 st c. BC

34. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn showing death of Troilus, also portrait above

35. Volterra, Guarnacci, ash urn lid of older couple, note verism of portrayal, 2 nd -1 st c. BC

36. Volterra, older couple lid as displayed in Guarnacci

37. COMPARE older couple lid to Sarcofago degli sposi fr. Caere, ca. 530 BC

38. Volterra, side view of older couple ash urn lid

39. COMPARE features of older Volterra gent to those of Roman Republican portrait statue, 1 st c. BC, in Central Montemartini , Rome

 

 

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