Barron's: Chapter 5 - Etruscan Art

Question 1

Time period

Answer 1

• tenth century B.C.E. to c. 270 B.C.E.

- Height: seventh-sixth centuries B.C.E.

Question 2

Essential Knowledge

Answer 2

• Etruscan art is studied as a unit, rather than by individual city-states
• Etruscan art shows a number of ancient influences
• The Etruscan literary tradition is mostly lost

Question 3

Temple of Minerva

Answer 3

• 510-500 B.C.E.
• mud brick or tufa and wood
• Veii, Italy

Question 4

Tomb of the Triclinium

Answer 4

• 480-470 B.C.E.
• tufa and fresco
• Tarquinia, Italy
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Fresco murals
  
  • Arena Chapel
  • Sistine Chapel
  • House of the Vettii

Question 5

Sarcophagus of the Spouses from Cerveteri

Answer 5

• 520 B.C.E.
• terra-cotta
• Museuo Nazionale di Villa Guilia
• Rome

Question 6

Apollo from Veii

Answer 6

• c. 510 B.C.E.
• terra-cotta
• Museo Nazional di Villa Giulia, Rome
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: The Figure in Motion
  
  • Shiva as Lord of Dance
  • Nio guardian figures
  • Running Horned Woman

Question 7

necropolis

Answer 7

• a large burial area; literally, a “city of the dead”

Question 8

stucco

Answer 8

• a fine plaster used for wall decorations or moldings

Question 9

terra-cotta

Answer 9

• a hard ceramic clay used for building or for making pottery

Question 10

triclinium

Answer 10

• a dining table in ancient Rome that has a couch on three sides for reclining at meals

Question 11

tufa

Answer 11

• a porous rock similar to limestone

Question 12

tumulus

Answer 12

• an artificial mound of earth and stones placed over a grave

Question 13

tuscan order

Answer 13

• an order of ancient architecture featuring slender, smooth columns that sit on simple bases; no carvings on the frieze or in the capitals