Ancient Mediterranean - Khan Academy
Key Ideas
* From the Tuscany area of
Northern Italy before the Romans. Once the Romans gained significant power, the
Etruscans were assimilated into the Roman Empire and eventually given Roman
citizenship.
* Influenced by the Archaic time period of the Greeks but avoid nudity.
* What we know of the Etruscans is from their tombs (tumuli) which are part of
larger necropoli.
* Tumuli are round structures with a door leading to an interior that is
brightly painted to reflect a domestic space.
* Death is focused on the celebration of life.
* Literary tradition is mostly lost. Vitruvius, an ancient historian wrote about
the Etruscans' history.
* Temples are built of mud brick and stone, unlike the Greeks.
* Sculptures are created out of terra-cotta, stucco, and bronze.
Student Resources
PowerPoint - Key Ideas -
Artworks List - Vocabulary - Q card Images - Homework assignment on the function
of architecture
* YouTube:
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
* UNESCO video: Etruscan
Necropolises
* Vimeo: The Capitoline Wolf
Differences between Etruscan and Greek Temples
Vitruvius's writings on
the Etruscan temple
Artwork List
Temple of Minerva
Tomb of the Triclinium (Tomb of the Leopards)
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Apollo from Veii
Capitoline Wolf
Vocabulary
Necropolis
Stucco
Terracotta
Triclinium
Tufa
Tumulus (pl. tumuli)
Tuscan Order
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thank you so much to Lynn Wilkinson, Mary McConnell, Valerie Park and Martha
Kunz for all their quidance and resources.
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