Etruscan Art Chapter 9
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9-2 Fibula with Orientalizing Lions Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerverti, Italy 650-640 BCE Fibula used for fastening women?s gown at shoulder Lions are oriental but fibula is Italian Repousse & granulation techniques 9-7 Plan of the Tombs of the Shields & Chairs Cerveterim Italy second half of the sixth century BCE Closely resembled houses of the living: beds, curved armchairs, windows carved from the rock walls Wood and brick ? no longer stand, weak materials Grand subterranean tomb permanent part of bedrock Similar to rock cut tombs of Egyptians 9-10 Diving and Fishing Tarquinia, Italy 530-520 BCE 5?6 ? ?High Going back to the Egyptians tombs and funerary processes, this piece indicates knowledge of eastern art