Full Description
The Etruscans have been appealing to the imagination of a wide audience and architects for centuries. Their culture's wealth, religion and nature are fascinating and amazing and have dominated Italy for almost a thousand years. Women held a special position and there is no other culture in ancient times in which women were deemed to be on an equal footing with men as with the Etruscans. The shroud of mysticism which surrounded the Etruscans has now gone. Nowadays, a wealth of information is available that can be used to reconstruct Etruscan society. We can read the language, we can understand the prophetic religion and we can discover the landscape which was their home.
Contents
The Etruscans Patricia S. Lulof; A Unique Culture Patricia S. Lulof, Anna Mura Sommella; Origins, Ethnicity and History Patricia S. Lulof, Anna Mura Sommella; The Etruscan Language L. Bouke van der Meer Eminent Women, Powerful Men Patricia S. Lulof; Emergence and Development Lefke van Kampen; The Earliest Etruscan Aristocracy Gilda Bartoloni; From Black Glossy Bucchero to Red-on-White Ware Rene van Beek; Warriors and their Symbols Gilda Bartoloni; Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles Joost H. Crouwel; Women and their role in Etruscan society Gilda Bartoloni; Warriors and warfare Rene van Beek; A Warrior's Tomb. Monte Michele Tomb Francesca Boitani, Lefke van Kampen; Princes, Princesses and Palaces Lefke van Kampen; Palaces and Princes Silvia Goggioli; Bronze Rene van Beek; Symposium, Banqueting and Funerary Rituals Francesca Ceci; Symbols of Wealth and Power Maurizio Sannibale; Etruscan Jewellery. Elegant and Sophisticated Tanja van der Zon; The Regolini-Galassi Tomb Maurizio Sannibale; Tombs and their Decoration Tanja van der Zon; Goddesses, Priests and Temples Patricia S. Lulof; Temples and Terracottas Patricia S. Lulof; The Etruscan Pantheon Tanja van der Zon; Etruscan Religion and the Haruspex L. Bouke van der Meer; Etruscan stone sculpture Rene van Beek; Ancestors Lefke van Kampen; Terracotta votive Gifts Tanja van der Zon A Priestly Tomb. Cinque Sedie Patricia S. Lulof; The Etruscans in Context Patricia S. Lulof; Rome and the Etruscan Cities Mario Torelli; The End of Etruscan Power Patricia S. Lulof; The Development of Etruscology Rene van Beek; The Influence of the Etruscans on Nineteenth-Century and Modern Jewellery Designers Martijn Akkerman.
