La tomba delle Anatre di Veio
By: Paolo Brocato
Series: Richerche : collana del Dipartimento di archeologia e storia delle arti -- 5; Ricerche (Università degli studi della Calabria. Dipartimento di archeologia e storia delle arti) -- 5
Publisher: Universita della Calabria
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cosenza
Language: ita
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9788890362583
Subjects: Antiquities; Tomb of the Ducks (Italy); Tombs; Etruscans; Etruscan Mural painting and decoration
Notes: "Veii's Tomb of the Ducks contains some of the most important Orientalizing paintings in Italy. It represents an invaluable cultural document not only for Etruria, but for pre-Roman Europe in general. The paintings in the tomb offer examples of both the earliest techniques known from the Greek sources, i.e. with outlined and fully painted figures. The simplicity of the paintings contrasts with the complex symbolic significance of their subject, which goes back to the Late Bronze and Iron Age European symbolism. Over fifty years after its discovery, the thorough scientific documentation contained here finally allows the definition and study of elements that had so far only been very partially treated."--Abstract, p. 202.

Includes bibliographical references.