Art History I -week 4 homework by Carla S Wallace

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cwallace7 — 2016-01-25 18:20:39 UTC

Who were the Etruscans?

Why is Etruscans history difficult to study, with regard to their written records?

How are Etruscan tombs similar to Egyptian ones?

What was the status of women in ancient Etruria?

What predictions did Etruscans make about their future?

Jordan Lawes

2016-01-26 03:05:58 UTC

The Etruscan's had a system of recognizing the future of their society, and how long it would last. They calculated their generations and that they would only last a certain number of generations, and that they would be gone when their generations were over.

Amy Hill

2016-01-27 00:24:44 UTC

They found an object in one of the tombs that was a couple enjoying a banquet. The man is looking at the woman with his arm around her and she is leaning against him. In Greek Banquets, women could only be at the banquet if they were a musician or a courtesanAn Etruscan woman is shown on the same level as man. Also they would add the name of the mother.A race ahead of its time i'd say since Greek and Roman women would stand in the shadows of her man.

Caitlin Wehmeyer

2016-01-27 21:08:59 UTC

Found in a tomb, a terracotta sarcophagus shows a couple lounging and enjoying a banquet. The male figure looks lovingly at the women with his right hand on her shoulder while the female figure leans on him closely. This pose along with the significance of them enjoying a banquet shows men and women were equal in Etruscan society unlike the Greeks. Greek banquets were strictly for men and women were only there as either musicians or courtesans. Another sign women held an important role is in their names. It was common men would add the name of their mothers to theirs. If a woman had status as an individual she was held at a higher regard.

Miranda Phillips

2016-01-31 01:04:28 UTC

It's difficult to study Etruscan history because there is a lack of historical records left by them. Especially compared to other cultures. Most of their written documents were limited to the subject of religion.

Devan Winger

dwinger1 — 2016-01-31 18:46:21 UTC

The Etruscans were Western Europe’s first civilization, a
sophisticated society centuries before the romans. Skilled in ceramics and
bronze, artist in gold and experts in the productions of wine. The entire race vanished.
There is not much known about the Etruscans but may have been the true founders
of European culture, 7^th century b.c. lived on the western edge of Italy.
The Etruscans were literate but they didn’t write about themselves but rather
about religion and other topics leaving large gaps in the search for
information.

Stephen Broyles

2016-02-01 02:02:55 UTC

The Etruian women were shown on the same level as man. The women were very privileged, their sons were known as the son of the particular mother and not just the son of the father. They had a family name and an individual identity. They had a privileged status.

The Etruscans predicted that their society and empire would vanish. They thought that only a certain amount of generations would last on earth. Their predictions were correct

cartier gates

vicious7237 — 2016-02-02 05:56:32 UTC

The Etruscans were one of the founders of european culture. Not much is known about the Etruscans because most historical records on them was mostly about them was religion and they did have historians like other cultures. also they seem to be cynosures of wine.

Samaya Malone

2016-02-02 16:33:19 UTC

The Etruscans were the founders of the European culture. It is difficult to study because they didn't write too much history about themselves like the Romans and Greeks did.

Brittany Melford

2016-02-03 22:31:45 UTC

The Etruscans were western Europes first civilization, and one of the founders of European culture. They predicted that their society would vanish in the future. that only some of their generations would live on. They were an indigenous population. the Etruscan culture developed locally, and not as an immediate consequence of immigration. Their predictions of vanishing were correct.

Brianna Kazmierzak

2016-02-04 04:39:19 UTC

Although the Etruscans had a written language, they did not focus on writing about their foundation or how their civilization came to be. They mainly focused on writing about religious beliefs. Since this is the case, it is difficult to find much on the history of the Etruscans, including things that took place among their existence.

Halie Vertrees

2016-02-04 23:08:52 UTC

The reasoning behind the difficulty with studying the Etruscans are because they did not leave much of a record behind them. There is a lack in the amount of written and artistic items left behind. The items that were written and left behind were almost all about their religion, which all of this in turn makes it difficult to study the Etruscans

Mariah Mahoney

2016-02-05 15:59:14 UTC

The Etruscans lived in what is modern Tuscany, in the area bounded by the Tiber and Arno rivers. The Etruscan economy was based on agriculture, trade (especially with the Greeks and Carthage), and mineral resources.

Jody Gillenwater

2016-02-06 15:49:17 UTC

How are Etruscan tombs similar to Egyptian ones? The Etruscans believed that life continued after death and because of that, their tombs were built like a house with furniture, décor, and frescoed walls. They Egyptians believe that life was a gateway to afterlife. The Etruscan tombs were built using large blocks of stone that progressively got smaller towards the dome they were more rounded than the pyramids but still had the same concept. Where the Egyptian tombs were square, the Etruscan tombs were circular. They both had chambers leading to multiple rooms, multiple family members buried in the same tomb, and size was determined by wealth /
importance.

Brooke Corder

2016-02-07 01:49:07 UTC

The tombs were similar in the way that they both had sarcophaguses and the interiors were covered with raised plaster models of household objects and pets. The Etruscans were probably listing things out like the Egyptians to take with them to the after life. They also had pictures of everyday life like banquets and chariot races.

The ancient Etruscan women were on the same level as men. In art they were both show with equal size as well as doing the same activities. They were also able to inherit property in their name, which led some women not to marry as well as more loving marriages. Children went not only by their fathers name but by both parents names. Women had a family name as well as individual identity. Compared to Greek or Roman women who were anonomous behind the husband and family.

Kayla Speer

2016-02-23 17:47:40 UTC

The Etruscans could be the founders of the European culture however not much information is available on them other than their religion. That is what they mainly wrote about other than about their culture as a whole so they are left a mystery.

Theo Wilson

2016-03-02 09:52:12 UTC

Against the Roman and Greek cultures, Etruscan women were highly regarded, even being seen as equal to men. Children weren't only known as the child of Mr. _____, but also the child of the Mrs. _____. They also had an identity within their family name, when in other cultures, a woman would have remained anonymous behind her husband. Women are also shown at an equal or almost as equal status in the sarcophagi made from terracotta, where they're depicted laying together lovingly.

Scott Major

2016-03-02 15:34:01 UTC

The Etruscans were a civilization long before the Romans. They were extremely sophisticated and skilled in many crafts like ceramics, bronze, gold and wine. They were believed to be the true founders of Europe.

CoreyAn Thomas

2016-03-02 22:24:40 UTC

The status of women in Ancient Etruria was like the women in society now. The women in Etruria were shown to be equal to men. The Greeks and the Romans did not like the thought of having women equal to men and being allowed to do so much that other women did not do like going to banquets with their husbands, being under the same blankets as them, even raising their children was a terrible shock to them.

James Burnett

2016-03-03 00:16:02 UTC

Etruscans were the founders of the European culture. but unlike the Greeks and Romans they didnt keep very many written notes about their history or civilization. their economy was based mostly on agriculture, trade, and mineral resources.