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As someone who is only passing interested in history, I love the Etruscans for their wonderful bronzes. Here's an example (praying to the art history gods this
by jrumbut 11y ago
As someone who is only passing interested in history, I love the Etruscans for their wonderful bronzes.
Here's an example (praying to the art history gods this is an actual Etruscan example and not something else): http://www.royalathena.com/media/Etruscan/Bronze/HFN01.jpg http://www.royalathena.com/media/Etruscan/Bronze/HFN01.jpg
You can see in their work both the modern world that their culture would help form and the pre-historic tribal past of Europe.
- riffraff 11y agoInteresting, I'd have assumed jewelry[0] would have been most interesting, granulated works from 2500 years ago are somewhat impressive[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_jewelry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_jewelry [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_jewelry#/media/File:Ear-stud_BM_GR1980.2-1.42.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_jewelry#/media/File:E...
- jrumbut 11y agoThose are also cool, for some reason the bronzes have resonated with me since first seeing them.