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Etruscan Art

By: Otto Brendel,Otto J. Brendel,Francesca R. Serra Ridgway

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Etruscan Art

By: Otto Brendel,Otto J. Brendel,Francesca R. Serra Ridgway

This volume--the first serious book in English on Etruscan art--was hailed for its broad scope, thorough knowledge, and clear exposition when it was published almost twenty years ago. Now brought back into print with an updated bibliography and bibliographical essay by Francesca R. Serra Ridgway, it remains an essential introduction for anyone interested in ancient art, history, and civilization. Otto Brendel's exploration of the art, culture, and society of Etruria takes us through its four main periods of creativity: the Villanovan and Orientalizing era, the Archaic era, the Classical era, and the Hellenistic era, when Etruscan art became extinct. According to Brendel, the Etruscans were deeply influenced by Greek styles but used Greek forms and concepts to further their own purposes. Etruscan art is a private art, aristocratic and luxurious but centered in the life of the family and a continuing life in the tomb. Many of the art forms and objects discussed--ceramics, metalware, jewelry, sculpture, and wall painting--are known to us through the discovery of tombs. Most of these objects had a clearly defined function but were also designed, with a high degree of quality and craftsmanship, to be decorative. The beautiful art of the Etruscans, illustrated and explained in this book, sheds much light on a people about whom we know little.

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Yale University Press

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0300064462

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Symbolism of the sphere

A contribution to the history of earlier Greek philosophy

By: Otto Brendel

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Symbolism of the sphere

A contribution to the history of earlier Greek philosophy

By: Otto Brendel

Preliminary material /Otto J. Brendel -- THE PHILOSOPHER MOSAIC IN NAPLES /Otto J. Brendel -- A RIDDLE OF THE SEVEN SAGES /Otto J. Brendel -- THALES /Otto J. Brendel -- WORLD SPINDLE AND CELESTIAL SPHERE /Otto J. Brendel -- THE CELESTIAL SPHERE OF THE MOIRAI /Otto J. Brendel -- INDEX /Otto J. Brendel -- LIST OF PLATES /Otto J. Brendel -- PLATE I-XXX /Otto J. Brendel.

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9004295410

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9789004295414

Etruscan Art

By: Otto Brendel,Otto J. Brendel,Francesca R. Serra Ridgway

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