Etruscan Art9th-2nd centuries BC

* Most of information about the Etruscanscomes from their tombs

* They decorated these tombs with frescoesdepicting everyday life, mythology and funerals

* The colors are bright and the style is lively* As their civilization declined, Rome expanded. This is

reflected in later art which becomes more somber.

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Tomb of Hunting and Fishingca 520 BC Tarquinia

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Tomb of the Tricliniumca 480 BC Tarquinia

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Tomb of the Reliefs4th c BC Cerveteri

imitates the interior of a house, covered with relief sculpture of weapons, armor, household items, pets and people

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Apollo of Veiica 550 BC

terracotta statue ofApollo

Archaic Stylewas decoration for

a pediment

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Sarcophagus of the Spousesca 520 BC

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Capitoline She-wolfca 480 BC bronze

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Chimaera ofArezzo

ca 400 BCbronze

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Bucchero potterycharacterized by shiny black surface

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