- Paperback: 452 pages
- Publisher: British Museum Press; First Edition edition (6 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714122564
- ISBN-13: 978-0714122564
- Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 19.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 719,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"As a book of inspirational material, it is quite up to the standard we expect from the British Museum Press." --Workshopontheweb.com, September 2005
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This comprehensive and fully up-to-date survey of Etruscan civilization traces its development from origins in the Villanovan Iron Age in the ninth century BC to its absorption by Rome in the first century. Combining well-known aspects of the Etruscan civilization with new discoveries and fresh insights, in particular into the role of women in Etruscan society, Sybille Haynes draws a complete and vivid portrait. The author shows how geographical and geological differences in Central Italy determined access to mineral wealth, agricultural land and trade routes, and led to distinct regional variations. She also contrasts the Etruscans with the Greeks, whose art stimulated their own, and with the Romans, who took over many aspects of Etruscan culture and yet caused their eventual decline as they ended Etruscan independence. Richly illustrated with works of art and cultural objects, the text interweaves archaeological evidence, analysis of social structure and trade, and descriptions of pottery, architecture, tomb forms, burial customs and works of art. The result is a compelling and complete picture of a people and a culture.
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Excellent introduction to Etruscan civilisation,
This review is from: Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History (Paperback)
This book is not meant for light reading: scholarly and full of detail, it portrays the ancient Etruscan civilisation largely from the inevitable standpoint of funerary archaeological evidence. The illustrations are excellent and generously captioned. The author might perhaps have offered a wider range of possible interpretations of the developing Etruscan funerary culture and its social implications. In all, however, a very worthwhile publication.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
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Insightful examination of Etruscan pottery, art, & culture,
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This review is from: Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History (Hardcover)
In Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History, noted educator and Etruscan scholar Sybille Haynes treats the reader to a comprehensive and superbly presented survey of Etruscan civilization from its origin in the Villanovan Iron Age (9th Century B.C.E.) to its absorption by Rome (1st Century B.C.E.). The thoroughly "reader friendly" text combines well-known aspects of the Etruscan world with new archaeological discoveries and insights into the role of women in Etruscan society. Etruscans are also contrasted to the Greeks (whom they often emulated) and to the Romans (who both admired and disdained them). Etruscan Civilization is a complete and compelling portrait of both a long-ago people and their antiquarian culture. Readers will enjoy Haynes' in-depth examination of how Etruscans access to mineral wealth, trade routes, and agricultural land were effected by distinct regional variations. The informative, insightful text is enhanced with profuse illustrations of ancient Etruscan art and cultural objects. Organized chronologically and thematically, interweaving archaeological evidence, a splendidly presented analysis of social structures, detailed descriptions of trade and burial customs, and an insightful examination of Etruscan pottery and art, Etruscan Civilization is a "must" for personal, professional, and academic library collections and Etruscan studies reading lists.
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A splendid history,
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This review is from: Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History (Paperback)
This is a splendid review of nine centuries of Etruscan cultural, economic, social and artistic history. Designed for the educated nonspecialist, it has beautiful photos in both black/white and color of art works held in museums throughout the world: the most wide-ranging collection I have ever seen in one volume. The author, an expert in her field, writes clearly and well about the latest archaelogical evidence (up to the book's publication in 2000), and its relevance to our understanding of Etruscan life. Well recommended to anyone with an interest in this field.
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