| 单词 | Etruscan |
| 例句 | Roman Ideals When the Romans set up their Republic nearly a half-century earlier, they rose up against the Etruscan kings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s always the gray-haired tourists on Italian buses who can tell you something about the Etruscans. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Aeneas came back with a large army of Etruscans in time to save the camp, and furious war raged. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They once discovered a set of false teeth on the seat of an Etruscan chariot. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The earliest preserved examples of the Etruscan and Roman alphabets are also inscriptions on drinking cups and wine containers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But on the farther bank of the river lived the rich and powerful Etruscans, whose fugitive king, Mezentius, was helping Turnus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Also he gave each of his guests a gallant steed, to enable them to reach quickly the Etruscan Army and enlist their help. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Julian arched an eyebrow; his long, wise nose gave his profile a forward tilt, like an Etruscan in a bas-relief. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Both the death of Etruscan civilization and the death of individual Etruscans are the focus of Lawrence’s attention. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In Turin and Milan and Tuscany, where talking down about Roman incivility is a tradition going back at least to the Etruscans, the disgust with the capital’s reduced state was expected. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z For the first issue, Degas prepared a complex etching called "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery." Exhibit shows Degas' and Cassatt's painterly influence on each other 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Perugia may not be as well known for its Etruscan roots as other central Italian towns, but traces of its pre-Christian past are everywhere. Etruscan Artifacts Looted by Amateurs Are Prize Objects 2013-07-05T21:58:28Z Rich Etruscans coveted Attic pottery, which they most likely used for banquets, and also for daily life and as sanctuary offerings to a deity. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Italian authorities almost immediately demanded it back, saying it had been looted only a year earlier from an Etruscan tomb, and there was feverish attention in the press on their complaint. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It is a top attraction at the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia. 2,500-year-old terracotta gets Valentine Day’s love in Italy 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Georgia’s language and literature derive from the Etruscan, Mr. Iosseliani asserted. A Survey Celebrates Georgia’s Rich Film Tradition 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The waters were considered curative by “Etruscans, Romans, Christians and Pagans,” Mariotti said. These Bronze Statues Reveal Ancient Healing Rituals 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The Etruscans were an early pre-Roman civilization that lasted until 27 B.C. National Pasta Day: Fun facts about the noodle 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Among the items recovered were 23 travertine marble funerary urns dating to the Hellenistic period from a single tomb complex identified as belonging to the Etruscan Cacni family. ArtsBeat: Italian Police Recover Trove of Etruscan Antiquities 2013-06-27T18:34:04Z The pieces — which include Roman and Etruscan sarcophagi, bronze objects, stone sculptures of animals and hundreds of painted terracotta fragments from a sixth-century B.C. temple in Cerveteri – were presented at a news conference Tuesday. Hundreds of Looted Ancient Artifacts Are Returned to Italy 1463-01-28T05:00:00Z Located in the western flank of the Italian peninsula, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, Etruscan settlements were concentrated north of Rome through Tuscany into the Po Valley. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The Etruscan civilization had been renowned in the ancient Mediterranean for its fertile lands, mineral resources and trading power before Roman conquerors smothered its culture and history. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z While in self-imposed exile from his native England, which had banned Lady Chatterley's Lover, he took a tour of the mysterious painted Etruscan tombs in the town of Tarquinia on Italy's central west coast. Tarquinia: Visit the Painted Tombs of Etruscan Places 2011-01-20T09:30:00Z The case against True involved about 35 artifacts acquired by the museum between 1986 and the late 1990s - including bronze Etruscan pieces, frescoes and painted Greek vessels. Ex-Getty curator trafficking trial ends in Italy 2010-10-13T19:57:00Z In Tuscany, there’s an Etruscan tomb where an ancient wall mural depicts what appears to be a man making pasta with primitive equipment. National Pasta Day: Fun facts about the noodle 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z After the seeming solipsism of such passages, it’s hard to take Mayes seriously when she riffs on futurism, wine, the Etruscans, or D. H. Under the Crushing Weight of the Tuscan Sun 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Panel 1 has reproductions of bronze Etruscan casts of sheep livers, since the liver was considered in some ancient cultures to be the center of emotion and intelligence. This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The visit to the Victoria and Albert certainly had that effect, especially the jewelry rooms and one particular ancient gold Etruscan bowl decorated with an esoteric technique called granulation. Daniel Brush, Boundary-Defying Artist, Is Dead at 75 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z A stolen Etruscan vessel will be returned to Italy thanks in part to the efforts of a hunter of looted antiquities. Stolen Etruscan Vessel to Be Returned to Italy 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The earliest evidence of Etruscan civilization dates from roughly 900 B.C. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Tarquinius is an Etruscan conqueror; there’s a strong anti-Etruscan, anti-outsider sentiment among the Romans in the work; and casting both Tarquinius and Lucretia with African American singers drives home the point very effectively. A powerful opera about a horrible subject 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Piranesi vigorously championed the superiority of Roman building, both in terms of engineering and richness of ornament, tracing its origins not to the Greeks but the Etruscans. Review: Piranesi's Elevated Etchings 2010-10-20T11:22:00Z Today’s readers can find “Sketches of Etruscan Places” in a collection titled “D.H. Lawrence and Italy,” published by Penguin in both print and digital editions. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In the long-ago-vanquished Etruscans, Lawrence found a vitality missing in the early 20th century’s “mechanical age,” in which he was fated to live. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In these Etruscan travel essays, pages and pages of descriptions and interpretations are devoted to what he finds inside the tombs, including porches, columns, household items made out of stone and tufa beds. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Their decline was gradual and the last Etruscan cities were absorbed by Rome around 100 B.C. Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Dozens of Roman, Greek and Etruscan artifacts have been returned to Italy from museums and private collections as a result of the campaign. Getty Museum's statue transfer ends Italy dispute 2010-12-06T21:27:00Z The new look features parquet wooden floors and terra cotta walls that were chosen to resemble the Second Empire style of Napoleon III, who created the gallery to display Etruscan antiquities in the mid-19th century. Palace Intrigue at the Louvre, as a Paint Job Leads to a Lawsuit 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z That two vases made by Euphronius, one of ancient Greece’s most renowned artists, were discovered in Cerveteri shows the importance of the Etruscan city at the time. In Rome, a New Museum for Recovered Treasures Before They Return Home 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The other, a video originally made with film, merges the faces of Mr. Gioli’s friends with visages from Etruscan sculpture. 10 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn and Queens 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But Etruscans, who came centuries before the Romans, were people, too, Lawrence reminds us — and thus worthy of our attention, too. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Jatta added that she was extending opening hours at other institutions such as the Etruscan Museum to bolster visits. A Woman Now Leads the Vatican Museums. And She’s Shaking Things Up. 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z In ancient Etruscan civilization, antefixes were lively terra-cotta objects that often depicted female figures crowned by diadems, a jeweled crown or headband. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Trump has in his hands a precious Etruscan vase. How the United States Achieved World Leadership 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It is part of the collection of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum in the Vatican. The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There are the rare Etruscan sarcophagi discovered in Geneva by the Italian police two years ago, found among 45 crates of looted antiquities, some still wrapped in Italian newspapers from the 1970s. One of the World’s Greatest Art Collections Hides Behind This Fence 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z In a frothier, tangier vein, you can join an archaeologist and a brewmaster to explore the history of beer, and sample an ancient Etruscan recipe for ale at the restaurant and grocery Eataly. The World Science Festival Arrives in New York 2012-05-24T22:01:03Z Some artifacts had been reduced to shards found buried just yards below the surface; others were discovered intact, protected by the volcanic rock from which Etruscan tombs were often carved. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Delicate black vases dating to around the start of the 6th century B.C. are examples of bucchero, a distinctive style of pottery produced by the Etruscans. Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Noting that the Etruscans “built everything of wood — houses, temples,” Lawrence remarks that their “cities vanished as completely as flowers. Only the tombs, like bulbs, were underground.” A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Many years later, it is his book of Etruscan places that resonates. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The story, set in Rome in 509 B.C., tells of the occupying Etruscan prince Tarquinius, a tyrannical and licentious ruler, who is leading Rome in its war against the Greeks. Review: In Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Savage Act With Resonance Today 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z And in other, less familiar, sculptures, inspired by Etruscan art and not much larger than drumming sticks, her subtly carved form is elongated to a proto-Giacometti extent. What?s Blooming Indoors 2011-04-21T22:57:20Z A final chapter covers the Etruscan antiquities at a Florence museum. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The Etruscans originated in Tuscany during the Bronze Age in around 900 B.C. and left little written trace of their culture. Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Thanks in part to Phoenician mobility, Etruscans in central Italy, citizens of Cyprus, and Babylonians in southern Iraq were, at least in their art, on a cosmopolitan par. ‘Assyria to Iberia,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Lord knows how the curators managed to borrow some of these treasures, including the renowned Chimera of Arrezzo – a mythical fire-breathing hybrid of lion, goat and serpent regarded as the masterpiece of Etruscan casting. Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 4 – Bronze at the Royal Academy of Arts 2012-12-18T10:44:34Z The kylix is thought to have traveled to Italy in trade with the Etruscans, whose civilization dominated central Italy in the centuries before the rise of the Roman republic. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Housed inside a historic palazzo, the high-tech exhibits include a 3-D movie highlighting the city’s Etruscan era, as well as a virtual-reality walk through old canals. 36 Hours in Bologna, Italy 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Lawrence laments the forgotten Etruscan consciousness, as expressed in their tombs’ carvings and statuary. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In the Etruscan tombs, he finally found his people. Tarquinia: Visit the Painted Tombs of Etruscan Places 2011-01-20T09:30:00Z Spacious burial chambers, often carved out of bedrock to resemble living quarters, thus remain the only Etruscan architectural constructions to survive. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z They often touched on scholarly topics — Etruscan archaeology, 19th-century Italian unification — and featured plucky heroines. Barbara Mertz, Egyptologist and Mystery Writer, Dies at 85 2013-08-14T03:34:38Z The result — in Lawrence’s “Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays” as well as two earlier collections focusing on Italy — created a template for the very best travel writing. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He was a curator and the director of the Louvre’s Greek, Etruscan and Roman departments before becoming president in 2013. Court Upholds Charges Against Ex-Louvre Chief in Art Trafficking Case 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The Romans never considered these contingencies when they adopted a version of the alphabet, handed down via the Greeks and Etruscans, that had been invented by the Phoenicians in about 1000 B.C. Adrian Frutiger Dies at 87; His Type Designs Show You the Way 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z On loan to the show from the Louvre is an ancient Etruscan sculpture of a youth who, with an impassive stare, lifts his robe to reveal his exposed innards. An Art of Faith, Facts and Miracles 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In the 6th-century battle of Alalia off the coast of Corsica, Greek forces were victorious over Etruscan forces and their Carthaginian allies. Ancient helmets, temple ruins found at dig in southern Italy 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z CORTONA: With a rich architectural and artistic heritage, thriving Cortona is nestled in a scenic hilly landscape dotted with grand churches and Etruscan ruins. Tuscany for beginners: a guide to the best sun-soaked hill towns 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z And he has absolutely no patience for the National Archaeological Museum of Florence, which features Etruscan and other antiquities dislocated from their place of origin. A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z "I was surprised to not see the word Aurignacian in the film," White stated sternly, adding that their culture is known by that name as fully as the Etruscans are by theirs. In a cave with Werner Herzog 2011-04-28T18:00:43Z Kandinsky, Malevich and Hans Hofmann seem to be his heroes in two dimensions; Picasso’s Etruscan stick figures are among the sculptures’ DNA. What?s Blooming Indoors 2011-04-21T22:57:20Z This place feels as old as time itself: the Etruscans were here, there is a Roman amphitheatre and the Medici made their inimitable and indelible mark with a fortress, which they converted into a prison. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z The Sarcophagus, dating to the 6th century B.C., was discovered in 1881 in a necropolis in Cerveteri, a former Etruscan settlement near Rome. 2,500-year-old terracotta gets Valentine Day’s love in Italy 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z It was worth dodging cars to see the Etruscan Arch. Exploring Shakespeare and the classics in Italy 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The items, the oldest of which date back to the 9th century BC, include works belonging to the periods of the Etruscan civilisation, Magna Graecia and Imperial Rome. Italy repatriates looted ancient artefacts from the U.S. 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z One of Italy's most remarkable archaeological finds in decades goes on show this month - Etruscan and Roman statues pulled from the mud in Tuscany thanks in part to the intuition of a retired garbage man. Pro-Kyiv group reports second day of fighting in Russia's Belgorod 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z "It opens a window into how Romans and Etruscans experienced the nexus between health, religion and spirituality," she said. Village bin man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The Etruscans were active trading partners with the Greek poleis of the south, and Rome became a key link along the Etruscan — Greek trade route. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z The Etruscans were active trading partners with the Greek poleis of the south, and Rome became a key link along the Etruscan – Greek trade route. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was through these colonial ventures that Greeks and Phoenicians came into contact with the Etruscans of the northern Italian peninsula. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But, she noted, the nose was not Jewish, but “typically Etruscan.” The Woman Shaking Up Italian Politics (No, Not the New Prime Minister) 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z At the Victoria and Albert Museum, he stood in awe of Etruscan goldwork. Daniel Brush, reclusive artist who crossed boundaries, dies at 75 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The era marked a period of "great transformation in ancient Tuscany" as the area transitioned from Etruscan to Roman rule, the Italian culture ministry said. Ancient Rome: Stunningly preserved bronze statues found in Italy 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The Etruscans ruled a loose empire of allied city-states that carried on a brisk trade with the Greeks, trading Italian iron for various luxury goods. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Etruscans were organized into independent city-states such as Veii and Vulci, much like the Greeks were, and each city was ruled by its own king and council of elders. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When pressed on what an Etruscan nose looked like, she threw her hands up and acknowledged, “They don’t even exist!” The Woman Shaking Up Italian Politics (No, Not the New Prime Minister) 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The statues bear both Etruscan and Latin inscriptions. Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z We had several real Roman busts and Etruscan statues. The Monumental Work and Life of Barbara Chase-Riboud 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z This mixing of cultures, Etruscan, Greek, and Latin, included shared mythologies and stories. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, Roman priests divined the will of the gods by examining a sacrificed animal’s entrails, a custom adopted from the Etruscans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He profiled a solitary Etruscan scholar pursuing his work from a single room in a “frugal West Side hotel,” and a shoe salesman who turned pages for concert pianists. Francis X. Clines, Lyrical Writer for The Times, Dies at 84 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “While there were social and civil wars being fought outside the sanctuary … inside the sanctuary the great elite Etruscan and Roman families prayed together in a context of peace surrounded by conflict,” Tabolli said. Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The first chickens in Europe were found in an Etruscan site in Italy 2800 years ago, the team reports in Antiquity today. How the wild jungle fowl became the chicken 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z According to Roman legends, the Etruscans ruled the Romans from some time in the eighth century BCE until 509 BCE. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The fasces, a bundle of rods and an ax that symbolized the authority of Roman magistrates, originally denoted the authority of Etruscan kings. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Bound, whose archaeological credits include excavating a 2,600-year-old Etruscan ship in Italy, described the remains of Endurance as “the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen — by far.” 106 years, 4 weeks, 1 wreck: How Shackleton’s ship was found 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z “This possibility to rewrite the relationship and dialectic between the Etruscan and Romans is an exceptional opportunity.” Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Eventually, they defeated the Etruscans to the north and the Greek city-states to the south. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z During that time, the Etruscans organized them to fight along Greek lines as a phalanx. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrival of the Phoenicians and Greek traders in the western Mediterranean brought them into contact with the Etruscans in the Italian peninsula. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And in 2012, an Italian court acquitted him of directing the looting of ancient Roman and Etruscan tombs. A Trove of Artifacts Officials Call ‘Stolen’ Are Returned to Italy 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z That’s home to the museum’s extensive collections of Greek, Roman and Etruscan art. Review: The Getty Villa's gem of a Peter Paul Rubens show 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z They were the Latins, the Greeks, and the Etruscans. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were allied with and, for a time, ruled by a neighboring people called the Etruscans who lived to the northwest of Rome. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This act triggered a rebellion against the monarchy, which ultimately ousted the Etruscan king. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z ‘Rubens: Picturing Antiquity’ Drawings, oil sketches and monumental paintings by the Flemish artist are displayed alongside Greek, Roman and Etruscan art from the museum’s collection in this exhibit on view through Jan. 24. The newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in December 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “Rubens: Picturing Antiquity” Drawings, oil sketches and monumental paintings by the Flemish artist are displayed alongside Greek, Roman and Etruscan art from the museum’s collection in this new exhibit. L.A. Chamber Orchestra, a Go-Go's musical and 10 more best bets for your weekend 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The Etruscans strongly influenced the development of Roman civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans had been in contact with Greek culture for centuries, ever since the Etruscans struck up their trading relationship with the Greek poleis of southern Italy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 600 BCE, the Etruscans colonized Rome, which became an Etruscan city-state. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Rubens: Picturing Antiquity” Drawings, oil sketches and monumental paintings by the Flemish artist are displayed alongside Greek, Roman and Etruscan art from the museum’s collection in this exhibit on view Nov. 10 through Jan. 24. The newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in November 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Centuries before the rise of the Roman Republic, a different culture dominated the Italian Peninsula: The Etruscans, a sophisticated civilization whose heartland was in and around modern-day Tuscany, and who have posed an enduring puzzle. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z A selection of drawings, oil sketches and monumental paintings by the Flemish artist and diplomat will be juxtaposed with Greek, Roman and Etruscan art from the Getty Villa collection. 11 essential L.A. art exhibitions this fall, from Obama portraits to smog art 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Initially, the Etruscans formed a conduit for trade and cultural exchange, but soon the Romans were trading directly with the Greeks as well as the various Greek colonies all over the Mediterranean. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z These appointments and other efforts to accumulate power unnerved many Romans, who had a deep and abiding distrust of autocratic rulers that stretched all the way back to the period of Etruscan rule. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This includes works in the Etruscan and Italian Halls, and the gilded Salon Carre. Powdering sleeping beauty’s nose: Virus eases Louvre works 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Skilled farmers, metalworkers, and merchants, the Etruscans traded extensively with other Mediterranean civilizations. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z It started almost 3000 years ago with the Etruscans, who lived in what is now central Italy. Consider the wishbone: What we can learn from a Thanksgiving turkey's bones 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Rome led this coalition against nearby hill tribes that had periodically raided the area, then against the Etruscans that had once ruled Rome itself. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Historians and archaeologists have long recognized connections between different Mediterranean cultures like the Greeks, Etruscans, and Phoenicians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Is “The Etruscan Smile” shamelessly sentimental, predictable, tear-jerking to a fault? New movies to stream this week: ‘A White, White Day,’ ‘The Quarry’ and more 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z A new study of Etruscan DNA, however, shows these people were genetically the same as their neighbors—and argues that their culture and language were holdovers from an even earlier era. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The Etruscan Smile An elderly Scotsman in need of medical treatment travels to San Francisco where he reconnects with his estranged son. Movies opening in L.A. this week: 'Hooking Up,' 'The Conversation' and more 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Reviewing the show, the Baltimore Sun’s Debbie M. Price wrote: “There is something here for everyone: sex and violence from the ancient insect world, Nazis, stolen treasure, DNA extraction and Etruscan deities.” Perspective | In 1997, Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was stuck in amber 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z By 600 BCE, they had expanded beyond their base in modern Tuscany and colonized Rome, which became an Etruscan city. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He got to work in his laboratory with bronze powder, vitriol of iron and crude antimony, and concocted a pigment that let him imitate the Etruscan style to perfection. What links Gwyneth Paltrow and a royal potter? 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Although linguists focused on the Etruscans’ seemingly exotic language, archaeologists saw signs of local ties. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The Etruscan Smile An elderly Scotsman travels to San Francisco for medical treatment where he reconnects with his estranged son and gets to know his baby grandson. Movies opening in L.A. this week: 'The Irishman,' 'Terminator: Dark Fate' and more 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z “But I have to admit I really got into the early historical and prehistorical uses of amber. Also, I would say, the Roman and Etruscan use of Baltic amber.” Perspective | In 1997, Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was stuck in amber 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The Etruscan states remained the dominant power in the Italian peninsula until 474 BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Next month, Cox will appear in the film “The Etruscan Smile” as a cantankerous, terminally ill Scotsman who bonds with his infant grandson. Brian Cox knows why 'Succession' reminds you of the Trumps: 'It's about entitlement' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Etruscan art and artifacts seem to be part of a longer regional tradition, not a brand-new arrival in the area, says University of Cambridge archaeologist Graeme Barker, who was not involved in the research. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The theft of precious ornaments from the Castellani jewelry collection at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, on the eve of Easter in 2013, was the stuff of the edgiest heist movie. Investigators Recover Jewels Taken From Rome’s Etruscan Museum 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The work was often exceedingly difficult; Sumerian is a linguistic isolate, a stand-alone language, like Basque or Etruscan. Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Gladiatorial contests in Rome had origins among the Etruscans, who at funerals forced prisoners of war to fight to the death as human sacrifices to their dead. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In 2016, she successfully lobbied to acquire an Etruscan urn that still has much of its original color. The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z And like their neighbors, by 1600 B.C.E. the Etruscans seem to have absorbed an influx of new arrivals tracing their ancestry back to the open grasslands, or steppes, of modern-day Russia and Ukraine. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Long before the founding of Rome, the Etruscans measured time by something called the saeculum. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The applique likely decorated an Etruscan chariot or funeral cart during the period when Greek and Italic aesthetics merged to create the Etruscan style. What's new in SoCal museums? A Cranach 'Nymph,' Darwin photos and more 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Finally, the Roman alphabet, still used in western and central Europe today, was based on Etruscan modifications to the Greek alphabet. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Among them were saber-toothed cats, Etruscan wolves, hyenas the size of lions—and early members of the human family. Meet the frail, small-brained people who first trekked out of Africa 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “The Etruscans look indistinguishable from Latins, and they also carry a high proportion of steppe ancestry,” Posth says. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Some of Europe's oldest Greek temples, a necropolis of 20,000 Etruscan catacombs, an ancient settlement near Rome and an archaeological museum in the south-west are also hoping for a windfall. Italy courts Chinese investors to restore ancient sites 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Besides Islamic art, the staff also moved works from Coptic displays and most of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in storage. Eerily Empty Louvre: What It’s Like When Floods Keep Tourists Away 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The arrival of Phoenicians and especially Greeks in central Italy after 700 BCE contributed to the evolution of a new culture in Italy, the Etruscans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Galleries holding ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman art, including a room containing a famed bust of Homer, were also affected. In Paris, Seine River Rises to Highest Level Since 1982 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z That suggests the Etruscans were as local as anyone else in prehistoric Italy. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For while a lone heroic orange-bibbed steward held the two groups apart like Horatius at the Bridge fighting back the Etruscans. Sevilla’s knowhow leaves the Liverpool Europa League party to fall flat | Barney Ronay 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z A rare inscription found on a stone unearthed near Florence is exciting archaeologists who say it may help reveal the secrets of the Etruscans, one of Italy's earliest and most enigmatic civilizations. Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy's first civilizations 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Greek merchants and colonists arriving in Italy at this time influenced the Iron Age culture in northern and central Italy, which then evolved though Greek influence into the Latin and Etruscan cultures. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Whether it was Romulus and Remus, Virgil’s Aeneas or one of the early Etruscan kings who founded the city hardly matters, as the reasons for choosing this hilly bend on the river Tiber were obvious. Story of cities #2: Rome wasn't planned in a day … in fact it wasn't planned at all 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “So why do the Etruscans speak a non–Indo-European language?” They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z During the second and first millennia BC around the Mediterranean Sea, the Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations arose during eras of major seismic activity in their regions. Geophysics: Vast forces underfoot : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The Etruscans flourished in central Italy 2,500 years ago but their culture and language were assimilated into the Roman empire. Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy's first civilizations 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The story of the Tarquin dynasty reflects this Etruscan period of Roman history. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Sanjust says that satellite imagery of one of his vineyards reveals the onetime presence of Etruscan tombs, predating Ancient Rome by centuries. After Centuries, a Tuscan Winery That Is Still a Work in Progress 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Etruscan was spoken and used in tomb inscriptions for another 800 years, until the dominance of Rome and its Latin tongue pushed it quietly into extinction in the first century C.E. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Since Roman dentistry is not well known from historical records, bioarchaeologist Marshall Becker has spent much of his career studying the practice in ancient Italy, from the Etruscan era through the Empire. Ancient Roman Dentists Were Skilled At Extractions, New Research Shows 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It seems to be "a sacred text that may reveal to us parts of the belief system of the Etruscans". Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy's first civilizations 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The Romans believed they had overthrown Etruscan kings in the sixth century BCE to establish their republic. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Farmers still unearth Etruscan pottery while plowing their fields. Centuries of Italian History Are Unearthed in Quest to Fix Toilet 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “People reused the Etruscan necropolises multiple times to bury their dead,” Posth says. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Etruscan askos, or statue, were returned in February to the Italian government. Hunt for missing Pompeii artwork includes stop in Boise 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z The 5th and 6th Century BC were characterised by the rise of Etruscan and Greek city states like Marseille in southern France. 'Celtic prince tomb' found in France 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The Etruscan culture arose in the central area of what modern country? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They also note that the date of the burials coincides with a period when the Celtic Gauls were in contact with the Etruscan civilisation of northern Italy. Grave find may be early false tooth 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z McCormick says the next step is understanding how the Etruscans held out for so long. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The setting — Perugia — is excellent, with its dark alleyways and thousands of years of Etruscan and Italian wars and upheaval. Amanda Knox, what really happened: Writing toward the actual story 2014-02-09T12:00:00Z A skeleton interred alongside a spear in an Etruscan tomb is that of a woman — not a man, as archaeologists originally believed. Moose populations are falling; an ancient skeleton turns out to be that of a woman 2013-10-28T20:01:58Z "However, this Etruscan hypothesis is indeed rather new and sheds an interesting light on the possible input of this educated and art-oriented civilisation." French wine 'has Italian origins' 2013-06-03T19:11:41Z The predominant theory was that the script documented a form of Etruscan - an ancient civilisation of Italy - but there were more wacky theories too, including that it might be a type of Polynesian or Basque. The unsung heroine who helped decode Crete's ancient script 2013-06-05T23:25:15Z “Now, the ball’s back in the historians’ and archaeologists’ court to understand … what it was about the culture of the Etruscans that helped it survive.” They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Further, it is known that the Etruscans shipped goods to southern France in these amphoras - but until now it remained unclear if they held wine or other goods. Italy origin for French winemaking 2013-06-03T19:11:41Z She argues that in Etruscan society, women were not subordinate to men, as were their contemporaries in Greece and Rome. Moose populations are falling; an ancient skeleton turns out to be that of a woman 2013-10-28T20:01:58Z A building in their walled town housed Etruscan merchants, people from a pre-Roman civilization around Tuscany. French Wine Has Ancient Origins 2013-06-03T20:00:00Z His most frequent expression is an enigmatic Etruscan smile that looks sometimes beatific, sometimes satanic. Ivan Fisher, Defender of the Notorious, and Now Himself 2013-01-05T15:52:45Z The noticeable concentration of a communitarian area in central Italy resembles the area of Etruscan civilization at its pre-Roman height, over 2,500 years ago. | Borderlines: Family Ties 2012-07-17T17:26:45Z Their placement here was a defensive imperative for successive Umbrian, Etruscan, Roman and Christian occupants over the millenniums. Remarkable Creatures: ‘Nature’s Masons’ Do Double Duty as Earth’s Storytellers 2012-06-25T22:33:39Z Gregory XIV, had opened the Etruscan Museum but two years before and was stocking it with the treasures which were being unearthed in the old cities of Etruria. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z At the sites where the Etruscan amphoras were emptied, he says, "we find lots and lots of drinking cups." French Wine Has Ancient Origins 2013-06-03T20:00:00Z All this is recorded, and with it their song in barbarous Oscan or early Etruscan, perfectly unintelligible, in which their acclamations were made. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Interestingly, the areas are not distributed in contiguous blocks: the only other main communitarian area outside the Etruscan zone is in the Finnish hinterland. | Borderlines: Family Ties 2012-07-17T17:26:45Z At the other end is the shop of the famous jeweller, Castellani, well worth visiting, for the sake of its beautiful collection of Etruscan designs, both in jewellery and in larger works of art. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z This was originally an Etruscan custom, and it was also very common at Capua. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z After looking over his medals, Etruscan vases, cameos, &c., a very interesting collection, I inquired into the state of trade for such things in Viterbo. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Once she crossed the Greve, and, following the old Etruscan road, climbed to the top of the height beyond, where stands the long, blank Shameless Villa outlined against the sky. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Cf. also the pair of bronze Etruscan cornua, No. 2734 in the department of Creek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, which possess well-preserved cup-shaped mouthpieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It contains a number of antiquities, illustrative of Roman and Etruscan customs, and many beautiful ancient bronzes and vases. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Lastly, one may perceive that the volcanic tract, full of terrors for the Etruscan or Samnite mountaineer who looked down upon its fires from afar, must have made attack difficult from the land. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The Roman was ready at every moment to draw his sword for battle with Faliscans, Samnites, or Etruscans. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans, had their moulds made of fired clay; the Chinese, in raw clay thoroughly dried. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The earliest was found as late as 1882, a plain vase of black ware with an Etruscan inscription and a syllabary or spelling exercise, and the Greek alphabet twice repeated. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z The Etruscan Museum can be visited on application to the custode, every day except Monday, from 10 to 2. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Three variations on the circle — a bronze Etruscan gong, an alabaster disk from the Han dynasty and a hat from Fiji made of red raffia — stand like soldiers near a window. | Upper East Side: Upper East Side/Habitats - A Loft Aesthetic in a Chintz World 2012-02-18T10:00:05Z Shows with odd mismatches -- Pollock and shamanism, Giacometti and Etruscan art -- haven’t improved its image. Upstart Paris Gallery Scores Coup With German Exhibit: Review 2012-01-30T00:41:11Z Its mythology was borrowed from Greece and from the Etruscans—later from Egypt and the East. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z These are the observations which a very careful examination has enabled me to make on the mechanical process used in adorning the ancient earthern Vases called Etruscan. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z That of the death-bed scene proves that the Etruscans believed in the immortality of the soul. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The Etruscans and Umbrians, forgetting all their former strifes, now joined against the new power which threatened to crush their liberties. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The style, afterwards popular at Rome, originated in the Etruscan town Fescennium. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z For this assertion we not only have evidence in Babylonian gems, copied by Lajard, but in Indian and Etruscan designs. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z They exactly resemble in style the bronzes still remaining of Etruscan work. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z In digging its foundations, the head of a man was found, still bloody, an omen which was interpreted by an Etruscan augur to portend that Rome would become the head of Italy. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The dwellers by the temple throve and prospered, and all was peace for a while, until the van-guard of that mysterious people, the Etruscans, appeared on the Umbrian horizon. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Lar, l�r, n. one of a class of local deities, originally Etruscan, but in Roman usage usually regarded as the tutelary deities of a house:—pl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Grecian temples were profusely ornamented therewith, and so are innumerable Etruscan sculptures, but they do not represent the trinity and unity. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z That of Etruria, adjoining on the west, originated in the Ridge House pottery works of Josiah Wedgwood and Thomas Bentley, who founded them in 1769, naming them after the country of the Etruscans in Italy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The former have, from time immemorial, generally used a wand, the so-called divining rod, which, according to Pliny, was already known to the ancient Etruscans as a means for the discovery of hidden springs. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Somewhere near Orte they found an Etruscan tomb—a delightful retreat for prayer. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The Etruscan sepulchral paintings represent the disembodied souls on their way to the land of spirits. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z Though cruciform, it had nothing Christian about it; for, like the Etruscan ones referred to above, it consisted of four lingas united together by the heads, the "eggs" being at the outside. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z You open it to look at, say, Etruscan tomb sculpture and end up an hour later contemplating Jackson Pollock and feeling a little bemused. Audubon’s $11 Million Birds, Pot Lover Fill Holiday Art Books 2011-12-19T06:44:54Z He was no monopolist, and the only patent he ever took out was for the discovery of the lost art of burning in colours, as in the Etruscan vases. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Among the Etruscans and the Romans other methods of discovering the future were in use, but the interpretation of dreams was practical and esteemed during the entire Hellenic-Roman period. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z We soon found out our train was climbing, by the speed she made, up the great Etruscan Apennines we mount, now through a tunnel, then across a fine aqueduct. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Occasionally the tire of the wheel is absent, and amongst the Etruscans the nave is omitted. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z A second medallion contained a voluminously draped and very substantial lady who with absent gaze spilled from a heavy Etruscan vase a large stream of petrified Chalybeate. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z As the sale of painted Etruscan ware declined, his Jasper porcelain—so called from its resemblance to the stone of that name—became popular. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The wool of the Phrygian uplands, woven in the looms of Miletus, reached the Etruscan markets by way of Sybaris; through Cumae, Rome and the rest of Latium obtained the elements of Greek culture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z All seemed to have belonged to a dispensation of ugliness; they reminded us of some of the Etruscan sculptures. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In plate 10 the Mithraic lion has seven stars above it, around which are placed respectively, words written in Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician characters, ZEDCH. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans, had all an Elysium to which the good folk went. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z For his Etruscan models he was greatly indebted to Sir W. Hamilton. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z “Shame on the false Etruscan who lingers in his home,” he shouted. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z It possesses many vases, Etruscan and Greek, many rude Etruscan sculptures, with household articles of various descriptions. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The club, formed as in Figure 88, occurs frequently on Etruscan coins. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The Christian crozier is the Etruscan and Roman lituus, or "divining staff." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Among the recent publications at Halle, is a heavy octavo by Dr. J. H. Krause, on the History of Education, Instruction and Culture among the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Against his party, against many of his section, he fights alone and single-handed, reminding of Horatius keeping the bridge against the Etruscan host. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The Latins, Sabines, and primitive Etruscans pressed constantly upon them with the irresistible force of destiny. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z In one the double head is associated with a dolphin and crescent moon on the reverse, and the letters Velathri, in Etruscan. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z In another Etruscan painting we find two angelic beings, fully draped, carrying a nude corpse apparently to the future or invisible state. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Fiesole or Faesulae upon its hill was an important Etruscan city, and a place of consequence in the days of the Roman Republic; fallen though it now is, traces of its old greatness remain. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The Berlin Museum possesses his collection of antiquities, comprising Etruscan vases, bronzes, ivories, majolicas, etc., which are now displayed in the National Gallery. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Its plan is a rotunda resting on a decagonal lower chamber, each side of which is recessed and arched by great blocks of limestone set as the Etruscans set the roofs of their tombs. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Fulvius; and the Etruscans, who had already been beaten once, were thoroughly beaten again, so that any residue of strength might be effectually knocked out of them. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z I may also add, in passing, that the crozier borne by Romanist bishops is a reproduction of the Etruscan lituus, the augurs' or diviners' staff of office. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Behind the Romanesque cathedral are considerable remains of Etruscan walls and of a Roman theatre. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Set against a lush hilly backdrop, Perugia, with its cobbled alleyways, sunny piazzas and palazzos adorned with griffin statues should be basking in the splendour of its medieval and Etruscan heritage. Italy's Perugia fights sex-and-drugs image from Knox case 2011-10-02T17:40:50Z To go back to its earliest days, we learn that the Etruscan king, Felsina, founded a city in 984 B.C. where Bologna now stands. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z While the Etruscans were shaking in their shoes on one side of the river, the Romans were shivering their own timbers, and knocking down beams and rafters on the other. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The Etruscans pictured their angels with two wings only, and we have followed, implicitly, their lead. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z This Etruscan colony was probably destroyed during the wars between Marius and Sulla, and a Roman military colony established here–probably in the time of Sulla, and augmented later by Cæsar and by Augustus. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z In one early Attic example there is an actual representation of mourners as on Etruscan or Lycian tombs. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z He gave it his own name, and made it the chief of his twelve Etruscan cities. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The Etruscan soothsayers considered it a disastrous sign; the philosophers interpreted it favourably. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The reader of ancient Roman history cannot doubt that the city on the Tiber was indebted to the Etruscans for all, or nearly all, of its early knowledge. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The truth appears to be that Florence was originally founded by Etruscans from Fiesole, who came down from their mountain to the plain by the Arno for commercial purposes. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Then he escorted them to the Cloaca Maxima to study Etruscan Art. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z It can however boast of a prehistoric lake-dwelling settlement, unearthed in 1864, and a still later, though very early origin as an Etruscan colony. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z With a glance Krzycki scanned the figure of the golden-haired maiden, resembling on horseback the divine Grecian forms or those on Etruscan vases, and feasted his eyes. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Some of the winged Etruscan demons must be regarded as "angels of death," for they are represented as hovering in the air over individuals, such as Cassandra and Polynices, who are about to be sacrificed. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z This tree, which occurs also as a religious symbol on Etruscan remains, and was abbreviated by the Greeks into a familiar ornament of their temple architecture, was the date palm, Phœnix dactylifera. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Next they visited the Museum in the Villa of Pope Julius; then the Etruscan Museum of the Vatican; also the Mamertine Prison, and many places famed for their collections of antiquities and art. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z IN the vicinity of Perugia many remains of Etruscan civilisation have come to light, and part of the old Etruscan city walls still stand. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z By the Greeks and Etruscans it was used, but only rarely, and by way of exception. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In some Etruscan paintings we have scenes which are supposed to indicate the preparation of a bride for the wedding ceremony. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The expression may be Proserpine, or Pan, or even the strange "shrouded gods" of the Etruscans or the Sikels, none the less it is an expression. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Grass was seen upon the Etruscan hills, tentacles of the Apennines came clear again through dissolving mists, and a golden light flamed up in the western sky. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z On the northern slopes of the hill there has been unearthed in a peasant's garden one of the most complete Etruscan necropoli in Italy. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z But in the latter part of the century these oriental products tend to die out, and we have in their place the native works of Etruscan artists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It resembled both the Etruscan and the Greek at the first, and subsequently it was modified by the Egyptian and by the Persian. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Thus, besides the aristocratic nations of the earth, we must moreover exclude from the pale of civilization the Hindoos, Egyptians, Etruscans, Peruvians, Thibetans, Japanese—nay, even modern Rome and her territories. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z They recall, in point of size, the hut-urns of the Etruscans, but the latter had another use, for they contain incinerated remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z But among the Etruscans luxurious tables are spread twice a-day; and couches embroidered with flowers, and silver drinking cups of every sort. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It was adopted from the Phoenicians both by Greeks and Etruscans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Paying no attention to the latter, we may safely affirm, that the Etruscans had ideas upon the subject of angels very similar to our own. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A great similarity exists between the ancient Etruscans, whose portraits have come down to us, and the Araucanians of South America. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z It is situated in the province of Siena in Italy, and is famous for its ruins of Etruscan origin. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z The Romans used to exhibit spectacles of single combats, not only in their public shows and in their theatres, having derived the custom from the Etruscans, but they did so also at their banquets. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The engraving of the finer Etruscan gems is minute and precise, marked with elegance and command of the material. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Etruscans had guardian angels for infants and children. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z From the Egyptian, we step into the Etruscan gallery, of which the ceiling is painted in the most vivid and beautiful colours. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z The Tarquins took refuge among the Etruscans, whose country bordered Rome on the north. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z And Eratosthenes says, in the first book of his Catalogue of the Victors at Olympia, that the Etruscans used to box to the music of the flute. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Etruscan Gems.—At this point it is convenient to discuss the gem-engraving of the Etruscans, which came into being towards the close of the archaic period of Greek art. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Description of an Etruscan painting in tomb of Tarquin. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Three mighty civilisations—the Etruscan, the Roman, the Christian—resulted in the foundation of two world empires. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z The figures are in outline, shaded in brown, but without relief or colour, exactly like those on the Etruscan vases. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The Campanian potteries, improperly but commonly called the Etruscan, and the ancient Greek wares, belong to the class of soft and lustrous potteries which are no longer manufactured. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z The Etruscan scarab has its beetle form more minutely engraved than that of the Greeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The artist has not left to the fancy of the observer the identification of his figures, but has written in Etruscan letters the modified names of the actors. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Several of the letters which the Etruscans thought necessary to express sounds in their language, were dropped before the Romans came to power and produced their great poets and essayists. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z To travel even further back in time, explore “The Etruscans: An Ancient Italian Civilization,” a collection of artifacts from a society that dates back more than 3,000 years. National Geographic Museum takes visitors on a world tour 2011-07-15T16:58:46Z Roman families were proud to trace back their ancestry to the Etruscan kings. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Etruscan engraving begins when Greek art was approaching maturity, with studies, sometimes stiff and cramped, of the heroic nude form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Though Faesulae was an Etruscan city, we have no record of it in history until 215 B.C., when the Gauls passed near it in their march on Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z When, centuries later, Latins and Sabines and Etruscans and Oscans, banded together and formed the great city of Rome, it was this alphabet they inherited from their forefathers. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z In the 6th century B.C., the Etruscan civilization covered much of northern Italy. National Geographic Museum takes visitors on a world tour 2011-07-15T16:58:46Z Chiusi: a very ancient Etruscan city, full of antiquities and famous for its tombs. l. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The scarab thus improved exercised a lasting influence on the later history, since, as will be seen below, it was adopted and modified both by Greeks and Etruscans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Etruscan artists could not have formed a more singular set of capacious vases. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Tony Prescott and his team at the University of Sheffield, in England, for example, are attempting to replicate the exquisitely sensitive whiskers of the Etruscan shrew. Robots: Zoobotics 2011-07-07T10:49:11Z The Etruscans led remarkably advanced lives, as evidenced by the more than 400 artifacts on display here: everything from weapons to jewelry to funeral urns. National Geographic Museum takes visitors on a world tour 2011-07-15T16:58:46Z The Etruscans were the nation conquered by the Romans, and their antiquities are abundant in the district between Rome and Florence. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A large number of inscriptions consisting mainly of proper names may be regarded as Etruscan rather than Faliscan, and they have been disregarded in the account of the dialect just given. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The people to whom he and Toto belonged were called at one time and another Tuscans or Etruscans by others, but they called themselves the Ras, or Rasennae. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The Charun of the Etruscans could destroy life and torment the guilty—the office of conducting shades to the other world forming only one part of his duties. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Though they were eventually absorbed into the ever-expanding Roman Empire, the Etruscans left behind a strong legacy all their own. National Geographic Museum takes visitors on a world tour 2011-07-15T16:58:46Z The women are remarkably handsome, but entirely of the Etruscan type, with magnificent dark hair and eyes, good teeth, and fair complexions. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Among the Etruscans the half of one, or, as we put it, ½ was >, which we think stood for a forefinger crooked in order to denote the half of one finger. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Another Etruscan trick was plastering over the side of a drain or a bank with a mixture of small stones stirred thickly into mortar like plums in a pudding. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Of Etruscan origin, and the birthplace of Virgil and Sordello, throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries its see had been usually held by members of the famous family of Gonzaga. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z In the manufacture of pottery they had made great advances; but most of the painted vases popularly known as Etruscan are undoubtedly productions of Greek workmen. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The character of the specimens that we have of the Etruscan interpretations of birth-omens strengthens this presumption. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z Lord Monboddo, for example, deduces both the Latin and Etruscan from the old Pelasgic; which language, he asserts, was first brought into Italy by a colony of Arcadians, seventeen generations before the Trojan war. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Sometimes the Etruscans bought of them, and sometimes the Romans did. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The original Latin is said to have been taken from books which bore the name of the Etruscan Tages, the supposed founder of the science of divination. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The skill of the Etruscans in works of metal is attested by ancient writers, and also by numerous extant specimens, such as necklaces, ear-rings, and bracelets. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z It is the enemy who will develop power, so that the agreement between the Babylonian and Etruscan omen extends even to the exceptional character of the interpretation in this particular instance. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z The excellence to which the Etruscans had attained in sculpture and architecture, forms a presumption of their proficiency in those sciences which are essential to eminence in the arts. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The bracelet was a gift from Emilia’s father; he had ordered it from an Etruscan trader; it had been made especially for her. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The ancient Italian mode of life was almost entirely agricultural and rural; and with exception, perhaps, of the Etruscans, none of the Italian states were in any degree maritime or commercial. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The Etruscans had attained a high state of civilization. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The introduction of iron into Italy has often been attributed to the Etruscans, who were thought to have brought the knowledge from Lydia. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Mazzochi follows the oriental theory, but does not venture to determine from what eastern region the Etruscans emigrated. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Before another rainy season, the Etruscans and the Romans, working together, had made a very fair beginning on the dyking and draining of the worst of the marshes and the bridging of bad places. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Though the Samnites, Etruscans, and Sabines, had been deprived of their independence, they had not lost their monuments or records of their history, their individuality and national manners. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The Etruscans showed great constructive and engineering skill. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z There is the familiar circle plain and dotted , the cross in its simplest form +, the pothook and segmented square , all of which recur in the Phoenician, Keltiberian, Etruscan, Libyan or Tuareg systems. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z This descent Mazzochi attempts to confirm by the most fanciful derivations of words and proper names of the Etruscan nation from the eastern languages, especially from the Hebrew and Syriac. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z An Etruscan he had once known said that he had seen it done in a city larger than this. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Deriving, as they did, much of their worship from the Etruscans, they probably derived from them also the practice of attempting to overcome disease by magic and incantation. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Various arts and inventions were derived by the Romans from the Etruscans.—Bibliography: The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z They occupied the whole of Umbria, which at first stretched across the peninsula from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean, but was later encroached upon by the intruding Etruscans on the west side. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z It would have been singular, when the Romans derived so much from their Etruscan neighbours, if they had not also acquired a portion of those arts which were the chief boast of Etruria. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He came from Caere, the Etruscan seaport near the mouth of the river. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z On either side stood plastered stone walls, which bore curious marks and circles, made—who shall say when or by whom?—remaining there as an atavistic suggestion of Etruscan symbolism. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z The Etruscans were specially distinguished by their religious institutions and ceremonies, which reveal tendencies gloomy and mystical. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Even the help afforded by the crania from the Etruscan tombs is but slight, both long and round heads being here found in the closest association. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The art of modelling, or sculpture, appears to have been that in which the Etruscans chiefly excelled. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Alas, Etruscan immigrants had contaminated its blood, and this taint was responsible, Dante thought, for the prevalent corruption of manners. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But these globules are large, compared with those which are found on Etruscan jewelry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z But it is characteristic of the Etruscan religion that there is also a Vejovis or evil Jupiter. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Hence the skulls from the tombs are of two types, the intruding Aryan, and the Mediterranean, the latter, whether representing native Ligurians or intruding Etruscans, being indistinguishable. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The most ancient and stupendous architectural monuments of Rome, were executed by Etruscan artists. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z These latter are too generally forgotten in the study both of Greek and of Etruscan art, and all works which show the Greek spirit are vaguely supposed to have been produced on the Greek mainland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z E. of Corchiano, nearer the Tiber, where remains of Etruscan walls exist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Etruscan art was in the main borrowed from Greece. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Until that time they had waged war, and generally unsuccessful war, with the Etruscans. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It is evident, however, that these Etruscan songs, or hymns, were of the very rudest description, and probably never were reduced into writing. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Though we know that the Etruscans were famous for their games,19 still there are no remains of circi, and so too, though the satyristae were well known,20 no theatres are left. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Etruscan relics have no other charm for me than their beauty of form. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z For articles in terra-cotta, a material which they used mainly for ornamental tiles, sarcophagi, and statues, Etruscans were especially celebrated. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Rome appears in history, a trading town on the Tiber, inhabited by Aryan Latins but under the rule of Etruscan nobles and kings. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z But whatever the literature of the Etruscans may have been, it certainly had no influence on the progress of learning among the Romans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z These examples will probably enable the reader to interpret the great mass of the names on Etruscan tombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z They imitated Wedgwood’s black Egyptian vases and other inventions, and eventually his Etruscan painted vases. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z This interpretation corresponds remarkably with the traditional cosmogonies of some heathen nations, as the ancient Etruscans and modern Hindoos; and it was also adopted by Philo and other Jewish writers. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The Romans conquered and assimilated the Etruscans, and extended their power over all central Italy from the Arno to Naples. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z This whimsical sort of expiation seems to have attracted the fancy of the Roman youths, who imitated the Etruscan actors; but they improved on the entertainment, by rallying each other in extemporary and jocular lines. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In the early history of Rome the Etruscans play a prominent part. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Many of the woodcuts, including the Etruscan Vase, page 212, are by Anderson. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Every evening when Mathilde took the flowers out of her dress she put them in this Etruscan vase. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The age-long dissensions of patrician and plebeian were drawing to it close, the Etruscan threat had come to an end, no one was very rich yet nor very poor, and most men were public-spirited. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z From whatever nation originally sprung, the Etruscans at an early period attained an enviable height of prosperity and power. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z By this treaty Corsica was assigned to the Etruscans while Carthage obtained Sardinia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The "maestro di casa" effaced himself, leading the way, on tottering feet, through a long suite of rooms, into a corridor lined with statues and Etruscan pottery. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z He could neither see nor think of anything but of that Etruscan vase. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z At the opening of the period of the Punic wars, in 264 B.C., the Etruscan sport of setting slaves to fight for their lives was revived in Rome. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Colonies, too, were sent out by them to spots beyond their immediate sway, till at length the Italian name was nearly sunk in that of the Etruscans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The quantities of gold, silver and bronze found in Etruscan tombs prove this clearly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He named the Etruria factory after the district of Italy where black Etruscan porcelain was excavated, and he turned the family business into a pottery empire with quality as its trademark. Wedgwood Museum threatened by legal dispute over pensions 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z "Nothing, nothing in the world except my accursed temper ... and ... would you believe it? that Etruscan vase which I knew Massigny had given you." Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z There was talk of a king, a word abhorrent to Rome since the expulsion of the Etruscans five centuries before. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z There was no monarch of the whole realm; and it is the series of these Lucumons that has swelled the confused list of kings presented by Etruscan antiquaries. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z This last remark shows that Diodorus recognized the important difference between the early Etruscans who built up the country and the later ones who merely enjoyed it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The highlight is his work on the compound's church, Santa Maria del Priorato, an all-white panoply of visual symbols and styles that breathes life into Rome's ancient origins, especially the Etruscan period. Rome by Appointment 2010-05-07T04:03:00Z Saint-Clair stood before a mantelpiece, the key of the garden gate in his hand, his eyes intently fixed on the Etruscan vase, of which we have already spoken. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z A non-Aryan people, probably akin to the Ægean peoples, the Etruscans, had established themselves in the central part of the peninsula. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The Jupiter of the Capitol was also Tuscan; and the four-wheeled chariot placed in his temple, received its last polish from Etruscan hands, under the first Roman consuls. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Religion.—To retrace the religious development of the Etruscans from its mystic beginnings is beyond our power, and it is unlikely that any future discoveries will help us much. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z It includes moccasins owned by Florence Nightingale, Napoleon’s toothbrush, amputation saws, an array of prosthetic limbs, a Portuguese executioner’s mask, Etruscan votive offerings and obstetrical forceps. Museums Special Section: The Thrill of Science, Tamed by Agendas 2010-03-18T04:34:00Z As he spoke he looked at the Etruscan vase with a threatening glance, to which his voice responded, but Mathilde went on without noticing anything. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Rome, when it comes into the light of history, is a little trading city at a ford on the Tiber, with a Latin-speaking population ruled over by Etruscan kings. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The writers of antiquity, though varying in particulars, have followed, in general, the tradition delivered by Herodotus concerning the descent of the Etruscans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z This shows that though in exterior form the Etruscan gods were influenced by the Greeks, still their character and powers betoken different beliefs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Statues, sculptured in a purely classical style, have been found; and vases, agreeing both in shape and ornament with the earliest specimens of Egyptian and Etruscan pottery, have been found in their sepulchral excavations. Heathen Mythology They all talked at once; Saint-Clair only brooded on the Etruscan vase. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z In 474 B.C., however, a great misfortune came to the Etruscans. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Bonarota has deduced the origin of the Etruscans from Egypt—a theory which has chiefly been grounded on the resemblance of the remains of their arts with the monuments of the ancient Egyptians26. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z As Etruscan art has been wrongly estimated through forgetfulness of the Greek influence, so Greek bronzes have possibly received credit that does not belong to them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The early Roman sword, like that of the Greeks, Egyptians and Etruscans, was of bronze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The spectral ferryman of the dead was a familiar figure in Etruscan art. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Caught between Roman and Gaul, the Etruscans fell—and disappear from history. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Accordingly, we find that the Romans were indebted to the Etruscans for the form of the robes which invested their magistrates, the pomp that attended their triumphs, and even the music that animated their legions. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z For this reason such figures as the bronze chimaera or the bronze Athena in the Florence museum are presumably not Etruscan but Greek. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The attempts made by S. Bugge to assimilate Old Armenian to Etruscan, and by P. Jensen to explain from it the Hittite inscriptions, appear to be fanciful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Strabo thought that, with the spread of Roman power, the Sibylline prophecies and the Etruscan augury eclipsed the Greek and Eastern oracles. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Etruscan tombs of a much earlier date than 753 B.C. have, however, been excavated in the Roman Forum. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The most learned and correct writer on the subject of the Etruscans is Lanzi. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There is no evidence that the Etruscans had easel-paintings like the Greeks, but their skill in painting is well illustrated by the pictures with which they frequently covered the inner walls of their tombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Porsena was, at this time, acknowledged as chief of the twelve Etruscan cities; and he assembled a powerful army and came to Rome. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Scarcely any remains in situ of Etruscan temples have been found, and the description given by Vitruvius is very scanty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" There was an Etruscan fort, Veii, only a few miles from Rome which the Romans had never been able to capture. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The glory and prosperity of the Etruscans were at their height before Rome yet possessed a name. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z This last event shows that the Etruscan power was formidable, and that by means of their fleet the Etruscans held under their exclusive control the commerce of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z But in the night a voice was heard by the Etruscans, saying that the Romans were the conquerers. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Like the Etruscan temple, it is raised on a podium, and approached by a flight of steps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Italy was still a desolate land covered with dense forests; the brown-skinned Etruscans had not yet gone there from Asia Minor. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It was on these Eugubian tables that, in modern times, the alphabet of the Etruscan language was first found. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The wealth that was the source of this power of the Etruscans must in the main have been drawn from agriculture and forestry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Attracted by the rich land of Northern Italy, they poured down through the passes of the Alps, and after hard fighting with the Etruscan inhabitants they maintained their ground there. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The Etruscan cella is dispensed with; and what may be looked upon as the semblance of a Greek peristyle is retained in the semi-detached columns which are carried round the walls of the cella. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It was one of the twelve chief Etruscan towns, and in later times fought long against the Florentines, to whom it had finally to succumb. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is evident, too, that the Etruscans themselves believed that they had sprung from the Lydians, and that they inculcated this belief on others. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Habits and Customs.—The lack of literary remains of the Etruscans does not cramp our knowledge of their habits as much as might be supposed, owing to the numerous paintings that are left. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z At this time the Romans were pressing on the Etruscans from below, and Roman and Celt were acting in definite concert and alliance. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race From the Etruscans the adoption of the arch passed to the Romans, who certainly employed centreing of some kind, but always economized its use, as is clearly shown by Choisy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The helmet was a characteristic piece of armour among the Assyrians, Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Soon after their arrival, they assisted the aboriginal Etruscans in their wars with the Siculi, whom they forced to seek refuge in Sicily, the seat of the ancient Sicani. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The evidence of many ancient authors cannot be questioned that as a race the Etruscans in historic times were much given to luxurious living. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z A century later we find them engaged in the conquest of Northern Italy from the Etruscans. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Romans, following the Etruscan custom, invariably raised their temples on a podium with a flight of steps on the main front. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" An ancient tomb in the Etruscan style was for a long time looked upon as the sepulchre of the Horatii and Curiatii. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide He denies, however, that there was any resemblance in the languages of these two people; and the Etruscan arts he believes to have been chiefly derived from Greece19. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z This they undoubtedly possess, and it is one of the few cases in which the Etruscans showed any art sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z A considerable number of these and also some beautiful Etruscan vases were found on the island of Gozo, and were unearthed quite recently. The Story of Malta Etruscan jars were painted on all the shutters, and bits of statues and bas-reliefs bossaged and projected from the house front. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Tarquin found refuge with Lars Porsena, King of the Etruscans, who pretended to be eager to restore him while he really wanted to submit the Roman people to his own rule. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men But although the Etruscan mythology may have been more pure, and its rites more useful, than those of Greece, its fables were not so ingenious and alluring. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Tombs cut in the rock offer other and later models of house construction, but give no suggestion that the Etruscans had any artistic sense in architecture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Long before Roman civilization in Italy arose, the Etruscans did some of their greatest art-work in the country around Perugia, the remains of which have been unearthed in recent years. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Lydiae: the shores of the lake were once occupied by Etruscans, and they were said to have come originally from Lydia. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes With these peoples—the Latins, the Etruscans, the Volscians, the Samnites—the Romans fought. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The secret introduction of the troops by Camillus into the middle of the city resembles the story of the wooden horse, and the Etruscan statue of Juno corresponds to the Trojan Palladium186. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The theatre at Fiesole which is often referred to as Etruscan unquestionably dates from Roman times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Apollo never occurs in the ancient Etruscan religion. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 In late Etruscan art the bracelet may be formed of consecutive panels, as often in modern jewelry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" There were some ancient Roman coins, some rusty Roman armour, pieces of Etruscan pottery, antique lamps and fragments of statuary. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The remains of a playhouse believed to be Etruscan, were discovered at Adria about the middle of the seventeenth century. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There remains one monument which has always been supposed to show a real advance made by the Etruscans in the art of architecture—the cloaca maxima in Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Finding the district already occupied, they proceeded over the river, drove out the Etruscans and Umbrians, and established themselves as far as the Apennines in the modern Romagna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" He was surprised to find a city, almost rivalling in extent Rome itself, and with a history reaching back to the times of the Etruscans, well-nigh a thousand years. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs We are to look at Persian aqueducts, attributed to Noah's great-grandson—at Carthaginians, Etruscans, Mexicans—at what Rome did. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The actors represented on the Etruscan vases are all masked, and have caps on their heads629. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The imitation is often very skilful, for the Etruscan artist rivalled his Grecian master in deftness of hand, if not in imagination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Both Edwards and Whitaker liked classical borders and ornaments, and their bindings are in consequence often known as “Etruscan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" By the Etruscans he was also supposed to be a kind of executioner of the powers of the nether world, who, armed with an enormous hammer, was associated with Mars in the slaughter of battle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" But we never pass the Etruscans, or, rather, I should speak for myself, and say that I never passed them; I was perpetually haunted by them. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Of these by far the most celebrated were the Etruscans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Besides these native Vases the tombs have yielded great quantities of others which used to be called Etruscan, but are now known to have been imported from Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Primroses and violets shine out from tiny Etruscan vases, and little baskets of pale Belleek are hidden by clustering roses brought from the conservatory to make sweet the sitting-room of their mistress. Faith and Unfaith The subjects are from Greek mythology or are at least Greek in character, but the technique is purely Etruscan, and the drawing is crude and un-Greek in the extreme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" In Italy an Etruscan tomb seems the oldest thing "in the world." Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It is said, indeed, that the Etruscans cultivated a certain species of poetry, sung or declaimed during the pomp of sacrifices, or celebration of marriages59. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z As in Greece the Etruscans first carved their figures out of wood,36 but what these figures were like we can only imagine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z As for the fairy arrows, we know that even in ancient Etruria they were looked on as magical, for we sometimes see their points set, as amulets, in the gold of Etruscan necklaces. Custom and Myth New Edition The last variety of peculiarly Etruscan pottery which calls for notice is the Canopic jar, so called from its resemblance to the κάνωποι in which the Egyptians placed the bowels of their mummies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" "Etruscan art, I believe, is considered extremely 'early,'" remarked Mrs. Clary. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The Umbrians, who were part of the Alpine Celts, had been pressing down into Italy from the Bronze Age, though checked completely by the rise of the Etruscan power in the 10th century b.c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The type of sarcophagus illustrated by these examples became very common, and in the figures that decorate the covers can be traced the various influences that affected the whole of Etruscan art. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z It is very similar to the earliest arches, if they may be so called, of the Etruscans and Greeks, as seen at Arpino in the kingdom of Naples, and Tiryns in Greece. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Some of these vases have painted inscriptions in the Etruscan alphabet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" From an Etruscan imitation of a Greek vase 34 12. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships These inscriptions are written in either N. Etruscan or Greek or Latin characters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" As works of art their coins44 are the worst efforts of the Etruscans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z From this it will appear that the true principles of the arch were not understood by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, or Etruscans, or by the American builders. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Their origin has been traced to the funeral masks found in the earliest Etruscan tombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" From an Etruscan imitation of a Greek vase. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships It forms the crowning feature of the Egyptian temples, and took the place of the cymatium in many of the Etruscan temples. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The first attempt to interpret Etruscan inscriptions was made by Phil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The import in Irish being the same, it struck me forcibly that this might not be accidental, but that the Etruscan language might be essentially Celtic, and therefore capable of interpretation by the Irish. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The skill shown by the Etruscans in metal-work and gem-engraving never extended to their pottery, which is always purely imitative, especially when they attempted painted vases after the Greek fashion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The hardy warriors from the mountains took over not merely the wealth of the Etruscans, but many of their customs; the haughtiness and luxury of the men of Capua was proverbial at Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" It is impossible not to be struck with the remarkable analogy between these rock-hewn chairs and those discovered in the Etruscan tombs, of the purpose of which no satisfactory explanation has been given. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Etruscan Antiquities The large recent discoveries of Etruscan objects have not materially altered the conclusions arrived at a generation ago. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Whence he concludes that Etruscan and Irish are, therefore, the same language, and that both consist of words of one syllable each. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The style is often repulsive and disagreeable, as well as ineffective, and the grim Etruscan deities, such as Charun, are generally introduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The Etruscans possessed a history of the creation, somewhat resembling that of the Bible, and representing the creation as occupying six periods of a thousand years each. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science This enduring monument to art is also Thorwaldsen's appropriate mausoleum, being fashioned externally after an Etruscan tomb, and decorated in fresco with scenes illustrative of the sculptor's life. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Narrow, not particularly swift, often shallow, such a stream can never have caused more than a moment’s delay to the hardy Etruscans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The same rare earth out of which the world famous Etruscan pottery is manufactured in the little village of Etrusca, near Milan, Italy. Young Wallingford It is seen in its greatest perfection in the “Nolan” amphorae of the earlier red-figure period, at its worst in the Etruscan and Italian imitations of Greek vases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The Latin alphabet is the same as the modern alphabet of Sicily; the Etruscan is the same as the old Attic alphabet. Lectures on The Science of Language They are forms of the Etruscan Alpan, the fairy of the Dawn, a sub-form of Venus, the spirit of Light and Flowers, described in my work on “Etruscan Roman Traditions.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The history of Etruscan art has usually been wrongly estimated owing to the widespread delusion that objects found in Etruria were in the true sense products of native artists and indicative of native-grown culture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z “I hope to be a very near neighbor of yours,” said he, waving his hand out toward the wonderful deposit of genuine Etruscan black mud. Young Wallingford The earliest civilization traced in Italy is not, strictly speaking, Etruscan, but may perhaps be more accurately styled “Umbrian.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Like the old Greek and Etruscan women, they are trained from childhood to carry heavy weights on their heads. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Truly, when the chief character in a tradition of the old Etruscan land bears an Etruscan name, or that of a shadow called a shadow, we may well conclude that it is not of yesterday. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series There are few books on the subject of Etruscan art. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Thereupon he explained to her in minute detail, a wealth of which came to him on the spur of the moment, the exact workings of the Etruscan pottery art. Young Wallingford He joined the Illyrians in an attempt to plunder the temple of Delphi, pillaged the temple of Caere on the Etruscan coast, and founded several military colonies on the Adriatic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The later Iron Age civilization both in Etruria and northward of the Apennines has been identified as that of the Etruscans. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. This subject is treated elsewhere in my “Etruscan Roman Traditions.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Before studying the objects themselves it is well to recall the legendary character of Etruscan chronology as 858 reckoned in saecula. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z That night Blakeville, from center to circumference, was talking of nothing but the prices of Etruscan vases. Young Wallingford You're already beginning to note the difference between Etruscan and Roman ornamentation, and to recognize a Greek coin when you see it. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Although it is very probable that the historic population of Rome was the result of a fusion of several racial elements—Latin, Sabine, Etruscan, and even pre-Italian, nevertheless the Romans were essentially a Latin people. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. I had the belief, derived from several writers, that Hinthial in Etruscan meant simply a ghost or revenant—the apparition of some one dead. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series They were traders, and doubtless brought the Etruscans some of the Egyptian and Eastern objects which have been found in their tombs, articles that date from the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He knew but little about art, being only the business man of the projected American Etruscan Black Pottery Studios, but he would be more than pleased to tell them that little. Young Wallingford In this neighborhood she explored the churches of Assisi, and the Etruscan tombs, then newly discovered. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) It seems certain, too, that the last of the Roman kings were Etruscans and belong to the period of Etruscan domination in Rome and Latium. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. For his architectural undertakings the Roman king hired skilled Etruscan workmen, which indicates that his own subjects were as yet laggards in the pursuit of the arts and sciences. Roman Women They were skilful copyists, nothing more, as is absolutely proved by the simple fact that we know of no Etruscan artist by name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z By the time this sensation had begun to die he was able to display drawings of the quaint and pretty vine-clad Etruscan studio, and to start men to digging trenches for the foundations! Young Wallingford The Etruscans, who bear the same relation to meteorology which the Chaldeans did to astronomy, had two high priests—the high priest of the thunder, and the high priest of the clouds. Toilers of the Sea The use of images was likewise due to Etruscan influences, although here as in other respects Greek ideas may have been at work. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. These Etruscans were wealthy; but Lucumo could hope for no place of influence in Etruria, for the reason that he was the son of a foreigner. Roman Women Even the black ware called bucchero is now known to have been manufactured in other lands and not to be an Pottery. exclusively Etruscan style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He followed it with his own impressive self to show them the difference between the high-grade Etruscan ware and the inferior ware he had previously exhibited. Young Wallingford |
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