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Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY) Sculptures made from terra- cotta.

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1 Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Etruscans = Ancient Italians who adopted much of he Greek Culture (was ETRURIA, now TUSCANY) Sculptures made from terra- cotta (Italian for “Baked Earth”) The new ‘Tuscan Style’ of architecture takes Greek orders with a twist

2 Etruscan Art (700-539 BCE) Columns were smooth and did not surround temple Only one set of stairs leading up to stylobate Lots of terra-cotta sculpture – especially on roof Front and Back sides no longer the same

3 Sarcophagus from Cerveteri. C520 BCE 6’7” in length. ETRUSCAN

4 The tombs of Cerveteri

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13 Romulus and Remus nursed by a She-Wolf


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