Approaches to Ancient Etruria by Mette Moltesen, Marjatta Nie... - 9788763546973

Museum Tusculanum Press

Approaches to Ancient EtruriaAuthor(s): Mette Moltesen, Marjatta Nielsen, Annette Rathje\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, Denmark\nImprint: Museum Tusculanum Press\nISBN-13: 9788763546973, 978-8763546973\nSynopsis\nApproaches to Ancient Etruria covers a wide range of topics within the legacy of the Etruscans material and immaterial. Through close examination of the visible we gain insight into the questions of social and cultural identities, and broader questions lead to new interpretations and hypotheses. In fifteen articles, scholars from Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark present recent work on a broad range of Etruscan issues. Contributions include a settlement study and a detailed work on architectural mouldings, and they provide insights into religious practices, burial customs, funerary art, portraiture and social relations, deduced from epigraphical testimonia. Several articles deal with imagery in tombs, tomb paintings, bronze reliefs etc. o.