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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Etruscans"”.
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Feeding the Etruscans - An Archaeobotanical study of Etruscan Agriculture
… A major participant in these dynamics was the Etruscans of central Italy. Here centralisation processes at the beginning of the millennium gave birth to urban centres that ultimately developed into city states from which not only vast hinterlands, but also maritime exchange were controlled. …
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An Alternate Antiquity: The Etruscans in Renaissance Florence and Rome
… cultural agendas shaped representations of the Etruscans in artistic and literary works. The interest in ancient Etruria was widespread in Renaissance Florence, where a local tradition connected the city's origins to the Etruscan city Fiesole. Florentine authors, from the early chroniclers of …
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Invisible Etruscans: a study on rural landscape and settlement organisation during the urbanisation of Etruria (7th - 5th centuries BC)
… settlements tell us about the workings of the Etruscans? 2. Were different approaches adopted by different Etruscan cities? 3. How did elites contribute to or resist the development of urban polities? My research will enhance more recent studies focused on territoriality, which also employed …
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The Etruscan Aphrodite
… is Aphrodite (referred to as Turan by the Etruscans), who shows considerable Etruscanization in her donning of Etruscan clothing and adoption of Etruscan attributes. These indicate Etruscan mythological and artistic traditions and reflect Etruscan culture, especially the world of Etruscan …
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Origins of Roman art
… dominant molding forces of Roman art, yet, the Etruscans were deeply indebted to the Greeks for initial inspirations. In order to illuminate some of these cultural-historical processes I used several comparisons to other cultures. Greek cultural influences were doubtlessly most instrumental in …
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The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
… goldwork such as granulation. However, the Etruscans were of course in contact (and influenced) by the Greeks, so that some motifs overlap with those of Greece. Therefore, only Etruria-specific motifs, such as the 'bulla', or those more typical for Etruria than Greece, such as the Achelous …
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Visualizing Vulci: Reimagining an Etruscan-Roman City
<p>The Etruscan-Roman city of Vulci is one of many Etruscan cities which lacks a detailed and holistic understanding of its urban development. Vulci represents a rare site that was not covered by modern structures and thus presents a unique opportunity for a city-scale examination of the …