Name: Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum
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Author: Salskov Roberts, Helle
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Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum

Type

Physical Book

Author

Helle Salskov Roberts

Publisher

Aarhus University Press

Language

English

Pages

164

Format

Hardcover

Weight

2.90 kg.

ISBN13

9788772194547

Synopsis "Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum"

In the First Millennium BC present-day Italy was inhabited by many different ethnic groups, most of which spoke a language affiliated with Latin. Sardinia, a large island to the West of the Italian mainland, had a culture characterized by nuraghs, a kind of massive stone tower, presumably for defense purposes. Many finds of bronze statuettes of warriors show the concern of the population to protect themselves from aggressors, also with divine support secured by impressive priestesses. However, Rome's closest neighbours to the North were the Etruscans, who spoke a language quite different from any other people in Italy. For a long period Etruscan kings ruled the Romans who, however, liberated themselves from the foreigners and, in reverse, started to conquer their territory. Gradually, from about the Sixth Century BC to about 100 BC, the Romans came to dominate the Etruscans as well as the ethnic groups we call the Italics. But, apart from the military conflict, from which the Romans emerged victorious they were in many ways influenced by the Etruscans, whose prevalence in the field of religion and art they admired. Actually, they welcomed cultural exchange. A striking example is that the Romans invited a famous Etruscan artist to decorate their most important temple, dedicated to Jupiter, on the Capitol Hill. The Etruscan excellence in bronze casting has left a rich heritage of bronze sculpture. Statues and statuettes were used as gifts for the gods in sanctuaries both in Etruria and Rome, as well as in many other parts of Italy.

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