A Guide to Etruscan Mirrors
Title | A Guide to Etruscan Mirrors PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Thomson De Grummond |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend
Title | Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Thomson de Grummond |
Publisher | UPenn Museum of Archaeology |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2006-12-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781931707862 |
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "all relevant illustrations from the book, arranged in alphabetical order according to mythological character. To increase the usefulness of the [CD-ROM], supplementary images not in the book have been added[.]"--P. xv.
Discs of Splendor
Title | Discs of Splendor PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Ann Carpino |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780299189907 |
The Etruscans, whose culture flourished in Italy from the late eighth century B.C.E. to the first century B.C.E, produced some of the most sumptuous bronze and silver mirrors found in the ancient Mediterranean. Mirrors with relief decorations on their reverse sides are extremely rare and uniquely Etruscan. Their designs inform us about artistic styles and supplement our understanding of Etruscan culture and taste. The subjects illustrated on the mirrors give important insights into Etruscan mythology, beliefs, and cultural values, filling the vacuum left by the loss of most of their literary record.
Corpus speculorum etruscorum, CSE
Title | Corpus speculorum etruscorum, CSE PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Interpretatio Etrusca
Title | Interpretatio Etrusca PDF eBook |
Author | L. B. van der Meer |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2023-08-21 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9004675884 |
This is the first book in which special atten-tion is paid to the Etruscan interpretation of Greek mythical representations on Etruscan bronze mirrors. The book focuses on representations with inscriptions (c. 480-250 B.C.). These epigraphic scenes raise many questions. Did the engravers and patrons understand Greek myths? Were the engravers inspired by visual, oral or literary sources or by a combination thereof? What was their modus operandi? In which art forms can visual precedents be found? Introductory chapters shed light on the status of Etruscan mirrors, their owners, givers and recipients; furthermore production centres, distribution, the influence of Attic and South Italian red figure vases and the shifting interest in themes are discussed. More than one hundred mirror-representa-tions are analysed in chronological order, according to general themes: lovewrestling, abduction, immortality, healing, purification, divination, rescue, birth, rebirth, adoption, rejuvenation, dilemma, contest, victory, the relationship between mother and sons, couples, toilet, music and suicide.
Malstria-Malena
Title | Malstria-Malena PDF eBook |
Author | Ingela M. B. Wiman |
Publisher | Paul Astroms Forlag |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Interpretatio Etrusca
Title | Interpretatio Etrusca PDF eBook |
Author | L. Bouke van der Meer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
This is the first book in which special atten-tion is paid to the Etruscan interpretation of Greek mythical representations on Etruscan bronze mirrors. The book focuses on representations with inscriptions (c. 480-250 B.C.). These epigraphic scenes raise many questions. Did the engravers and patrons understand Greek myths? Were the engravers inspired by visual, oral or literary sources or by a combination thereof? What was their modus operandi? In which art forms can visual precedents be found? Introductory chapters shed light on the status of Etruscan mirrors, their owners, givers and recipients; furthermore production centres, distribution, the influence of Attic and South Italian red figure vases and the shifting interest in themes are discussed. More than one hundred mirror-representa-tions are analysed in chronological order, according to general themes: lovewrestling, abduction, immortality, healing, purification, divination, rescue, birth, rebirth, adoption, rejuvenation, dilemma, contest, victory, the relationship between mother and sons, couples, toilet, music and suicide.