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Art and Archaeology of Ancient Italy

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What is this?

Author: Siena Failla

What is this?



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Pyrgi "Temple A", terracotta, high relief, H. 146 cm, Ca. 470-460 BCE, Museum Nationale Etrusco de Villa Giulia, Rome, depicts myth of the Seven Against Thieves, Tydeus and Melanippus (Tydeus eating the other dude's brains and Athena deciding not to give him immortality), Zeus striking down Capaneus for challenging him, a warning to act in accordance with the gods (these are acts the gods consider over the line), pathos (showing emotion, mouths open), more motion when compared to other Archaic sculptures, climactic,


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