A Companion to the Etruscans

Name: A Companion to the Etruscans
Brand: Wiley
Price: 196.5 EUR
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Sinclair Bell Alexandra A. Carpino(Editor)

Wiley (Publisher)

Will be published approx. on 12. February 2016

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Hardback

528 pages

978-1-118-35274-8 (ISBN)

€196.50incl. 7% vat

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This new collection presents a rich selection of innovative scholarship on the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, European, and Classical worlds. * Includes contributions from an international cast of both established and emerging scholars * Offers fresh perspectives on Etruscan art and culture, including analysis of the most up-to-date research and archaeological discoveries * Reassesses and evaluates traditional topics like architecture, wall painting, ceramics, and sculpture as well as new ones such as textile archaeology, while also addressing themes that have yet to be thoroughly investigated in the scholarship, such as the obesus etruscus, the function and use of jewelry at different life stages, Greek and Roman topoi about the Etruscans, the Etruscans' reception of ponderation, and more * Counters the claim that the Etruscans were culturally inferior to the Greeks and Romans by emphasizing fields where the Etruscans were either technological or artistic pioneers and by reframing similarities in style and iconography as examples of Etruscan agency and reception rather than as a deficit of local creativity

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"This collection of fascinating articles written by specialists in the field has a given place in libraries. ... As can be expected, each chapter in this Companion makes an important contribution to our knowledge of the Etruscans, and depending on our interests we can choose among the topics covered, ranging from landscape to settlements to art and culture. ... My own favorite topics were the chapters on Tanaquil (by Gretchen Meyers), on obesus Etruscus (by Jean MacIntosh Turfa), and on Etruscan forgeries (by Richard De Puma), because they figure prominently in all general accounts on the Etruscans but are rarely, if ever, discussed separately and in more detail." - Etruscan Studies
"...this volume represents a significant effort to bring together new work and novel approaches on the Etruscans. Although prior knowledge of the main issues in Etruscan studies is recommended, the book's format makes it accessible to a broad audience as well. It would be a welcome addition to any Classics and archaeology libraries and will become undoubtedly a source of inspiration for scholars and students with interest in Etruria."- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"As a whole, A Companion to the Etruscans presents a well-assembled and well-edited collection of essays on the current state of research in Etruscan studies. Ungraduates, graduate students, and specialists alike will find it to be an important resource ... institutional libraries will want this indispensable English-language guide on the shelves."
Laurel Taylor, American Journal of Archaeology

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List of Illustrations viii List of Tables xv Notes on Contributors xvi Acknowledgments xx Map of Etruria xxi Introduction xxii Alexandra A. Carpino and Sinclair Bell Part I History 1 1 Beginnings: Protovillanovan and Villanovan Etruria 3 Simon Stoddart 2 Materializing the Etruscans: The Expression and Negotiation of Identity during the Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical Periods 15 Skylar Neil 3 The Romanization of Etruria 28 Letizia Ceccarelli Part II Geography, Urbanization, and Space 41 4 Etruscan Italy: Physical Geography and Environment 43 Simon Stoddart 5 City and Countryside 55 Simon Stoddart 6 The Etruscans and the Mediterranean 67 Giovannangelo Camporeale 7 Urbanization and Foundation Rites: The Material Culture of Rituals at the Heart and the Margins of Etruscan Early Cities 87 Corinna Riva 8 Poggio Civitate: Community Form in Inland Etruria 105 Anthony S. Tuck 9 Southern and Inner Etruria: Benchmark Sites and Current Excavations 117 Claudio Bizzarri 10 Etruscan Domestic Architecture, Hydraulic Engineering, and Water Management Technologies: Innovations and Legacy to Rome 129 Claudio Bizzarri and David Soren 11 Rock Tombs and the World of the Etruscan Necropoleis: Recent Discoveries, Research, and Interpretations 146 Stephan Steingräber 12 Communicating with Gods: Sacred Space in Etruria 162 P. Gregory Warden Part III Evidence in Context 179 13 Etruscan Skeletal Biology and Etruscan Origins 181 Marshall J. Becker 14 Language, Alphabet, and Linguistic Affiliation 203 Rex E. Wallace 15 Bucchero in Context 224 Philip Perkins 16 Etruscan Textiles in Context 237 Margarita Gleba 17 Etruscan Wall Painting: Insights, Innovations, and Legacy 247 Lisa C. Pieraccini 18 Votives in their Larger Religious Context 261 Helen Nagy 19 Etruscan Jewelry and Identity 275 Alexis Q. Castor 20 Luxuria prolapsa est: Etruscan Wealth and Decadence 293 Hilary Becker 21 Tanaquil: The Conception and Construction of an Etruscan Matron 305 Gretchen E. Meyers 22 The Obesus Etruscus: Can the Trope be True? 321 Jean MacIntosh Turfa Part IV Art, Society, and Culture 337 23 The Etruscans, Greek Art, and the Near East 339 Ann C. Gunter 24 Etruscan Artists 353 Jocelyn Penny Small 25 Etruscan Bodies and Greek Ponderation: Anthropology and Artistic Form 368 Francesco de Angelis 26 Myth in Etruria 388 Ingrid Krauskopf 27 The "Taste" for Violence in Etruscan Art: Debunking the Myth 410 Alexandra A. Carpino Part V The Etruscan Legacy and Contemporary Issues 431 28 Annius of Viterbo and the Beginning of Etruscan Studies 433 Ingrid D. Rowland 29 Tyrrhenian Sirens: The Seductive Song of Etruscan Forgeries 446 Richard Daniel De Puma 30 Looting and the Antiquities Trade 458 Gordon Lobay Part VI APPENDIX 475 Appendix: Etruscan Art in North American Museums 477 Richard Daniel De Puma Index 483

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