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Etruscan

Culture and style of artistic production in Etruria, now modern Tuscany and part of Umbria, between the 7th and 3rd centuries B.C.E.

Dates

c. 800–500 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Italy

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The Etruscans, an introduction

Works of Art

Chimera of Arezzo

c. 400 B.C.E.

Tomb of the Reliefs

Late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.E

Tomb of the Triclinium

c. 470 B.C.E.

Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Louvre)

c. 520–510 B.C.E.

Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Rome)

c. 520 B.C.E.

Temple of Minerva and the sculpture of Apollo (Veii)

c. 510–500 B.C.E.

Bucchero

7th–5th century B.C.E.

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Artists

Detail, Aplu (Apollo of Veii), from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy, c. 510–500 B.C.E., painted terracotta, 5 feet 11 inches high (Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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