Etruscan and Italic bronze statuettes

摘要

In Central Italy, small bronze statuettes were made in thousands in antiquity and also the number which still remains is considerable. This amount is in shrill contrast to that of the life-size bronzes which amply decorated Etruscan cities, as the written sources tell us; very few of these larger masterpieces have been preserved. The great skill of the Etruscans in working bronze and casting bronzes of varying size is also apparent in another category of bronzes: the tableware and domestic utensils to which small bronze hgurines were added as decoration. For this art the Etruscans were also famous in antiquify. ... Zie: Introduction