Roman Art and Archaeology: Week 2

Archaic (period)

when language starts being written down (600-480 BCE)

Wheel-thrown

a style of ceramics in which wheel technology is used to make pottery

Hand-built

a style of ceramics in which all pottery is formed hand with no technological help

literacy

TBD

Magna Graecia

The area where the Greeks colonized (“Big Greece”)

Poseidonia/Paestum

a city rich with Greek art and archaeology that the Etruscans pull from

symposium

a cultural ritual/gathering of Greek men with poetry performances and lots of drinking

Cerveteri / Caere / Xaisre

a specific city state with large tumuli

Pyrgi

harbor of Cerveteri

Tumulus

a huge earth covered mound that houses the remains of wealthy members of society in elaborate tomb rooms

Regolini-Galassi tomb

huge, and I mean huge, tumulus from 650 BCE with three burial chambers

granulation

a method of gold decoration that creates a motif made up of tiny dots

repousee

a method of gold decoration that utilizes punching/pounding on the gold

filigree

a method of gold decoration that uses threads of gold to create a pattern

Tarquinia / Tarxuna

the very wealthy harbor town of Graviscae; hometown of Tarquinius Priscus (5th king of Rome); known for tomb paintings

Phersu

a demonic mask-wearer associated with death and the afterlife

Demaratus of Corinth

a legend of a man named Demaratus invented by the Romans; artist man came from Corinth and taught Etruscans about art and founded Tarquinia

Rasna/Rasenna (Greek and Etruscan sites in italy)

Fibula, Castellucio di Pienza

ca. 625, gold, inscription in granulation

**Fig. 1-7** Banqueters, north wall and cover slab, Tomb of the Diver, Tempa del Prete necropolis, Paestum, ca. 480–470 bce

**Fig. 1-12** Statue of a centaur, from Vulci, ca. 590 bce. \n Nenfro, 2′ 6 1/2″ high

**Fig. 1-1A** Tumulus in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, seventh to second centuries bce.

Tomb of the Hut, Cerveteri/Caere,

ca. 650-600, stone and earthen mound

**Fig. 1-11** Disk fibula with Orientalizing lions, from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Sorbo necropolis, Cerveteri, ca. 650 bce. Gold

Tomb of the Five Chairs, Cerveteri/Caere

“Castellani” terracotta statuettes, ca. 50 cm.

ca. 650-600

sarcophagus with reclining couple, from the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, ca. 520 bce. Painted terracotta

Fig 1-20 Model of a typical Etruscan temple of the sixth century bce as described by Vitruvius.

Plan of the sanctuary at Pyrgi. Temple B (510 BCE); Temple A (470) BCE; Area C

Fig. 1-16 Interior of the Tomb of the Augurs, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, ca. 520 BCE, fresco / painted stone

Fig. 1-15 Interior of the Tomb of the Bulls, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, ca. 530 BCE, fresco / painted stone