Since ancient Greek monumental painting has virtually disappeared, Etruscan wall paintings offer the most important examples of pre-Roman painting in the West. Only the frescoes of Pompeii are comparable in quantity, and as at Pompeii, Etruscan paintings can still be found in their original locations, in the house-shaped tombs of the rich at a handful of sites in what is now northern and central Italy. A companion title to Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House, this book traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of ...
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Since ancient Greek monumental painting has virtually disappeared, Etruscan wall paintings offer the most important examples of pre-Roman painting in the West. Only the frescoes of Pompeii are comparable in quantity, and as at Pompeii, Etruscan paintings can still be found in their original locations, in the house-shaped tombs of the rich at a handful of sites in what is now northern and central Italy. A companion title to Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House, this book traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of Etruscan wall paintings over the span of five hundred years and analyzes what they reveal about Etruscan daily life, religion, and funerary rites. The earliest paintings, with their colorful scenes of banquets, hunts, and athletic games, gave way, in the later tombs, to scenes that are darker in both color and content. Here Etruscan demons escort the dead on their perilous journey to Hades, while complex genealogies and magisterial insignia signify the assertion of political and social status. The striking paintings in these "underground museums," beautifully reproduced on special paper that evokes the texture of the ancient walls, make it clear why the Etruscans have excited the imaginations of scholars and poets for centuries.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. Folio. original beige cloth gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & bumped); pp. 328, with illustrations. Very heavy item (3 kg), additional postage may be required for domestic and international delivery. A near fine copy.
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VG/VG: Exlibrary book in excellent condition. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block. Stamp on dust jacket at the base of the spine. Beige cloth wrapped casebound book. There is a matte dust jacket with the title in white down a bown spine. Pages: (6), 6-328. Profusely illustrated with color images. "'Abundance of Life' traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of Etruscan wall paintings over their 500 year history. The text also examines what the paintings reveal about the daily life, politics, and religion of this ancient society." Contents are as follows: The history of the Etruscan wall painting: style, workshops, chronology, iconography, and ideology--The beginnings: the Etrusco-Geometric (or early Orientalizing) period (end of the eighth century-650 B.C. )--Asian and Corinthian influences: the Orientalizing period (650-575 B.C. )--The first major flowering and the "ionic koine": the archaic period (575-480 B.C. )--Between traditionalism and innovation: the sub-archaic and classical periods (480-400 B.C. )--The great changes: the late classical period (400-330/20 B.C. )--Final flowering and conclusion: the early and high Hellenistic period (330/320-end of the third/beginning of the second century B.C. )--From Asia Minor to Magna Graecia, from Thrace to Alexandria: the "koine" and the place of Etruscan painting in the art of the ancient Mediterranean / Stephan Steingraber.
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New. 0892368659. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--320 pages; 250 color illustrations. Publisher's description: Since ancient Greek monumental painting has virtually disappeared, Etruscan wall paintings offer the most important examples of pre-Roman painting in the West. Only the frescoes of Pompeii are comparable in quantity, and as at Pompeii, Etruscan paintings can still be found in their original locations, in the house-shaped tombs of the rich at a handful of sites in what is now northern and central Italy. A companion title to Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House, this book traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of Etruscan wall paintings over the span of five hundred years, and analyzes what they reveal about Etruscan daily life, religion, and funerary rites. The earliest paintings, with their colorful scenes of banquets, hunts, and athletic games, gave way, in the later tombs, to scenes that are darker in both color and content. Here Etruscan demons escort the dead on their perilous journey to Hades, while complex genealogies and magisterial insignia signify the assertion of political and social status. The striking paintings in these "underground museums, " beautifully reproduced on special paper that evokes the texture of the ancient walls, make it clear why the Etruscans have excited the imaginations of scholars and poets for centuries. --with a bonus offer--
