The Etruscans were the most powerful force in central Italy until Roman unification of the peninsula. Vestiges of their art, architecture, and unique language have long intrigued scholars, and the search for this mysterious civilization continues to fire the imagination. Despite a history of pillage, rich archaeological evidence survives: thousands of tombs, many of them frescoed and filled with vases, sculpture, jewelry, and metalwork; and the mysterious Etruscan sites that are places of tourist pilgrimage, such as Cerveteri, Vulci, and Tarquinia. In this new book, the first survey of its kind in more than twenty years, Nigel Spivey brings the Etruscan world to life, illuminating the social, political, and cultural context of the art objects and artifacts that remain the singular achievement of the Etruscans.
Author: Nigel Jonathan Spivey
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 11/17/1997
Series: World of Art #0
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.88w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780500203040
Language: English
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