Main entry:

Winter, Nancy A.

Title & Author:

Symbols of wealth and power : architectural terracotta decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. / Nancy A. Winter.

Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Published for the American Academy in Rome by the University of Michigan Press, 2009.

Description:

li, 650 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plans : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm.

Series:

Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary volume ; IX

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages xlvii-xlviii) and indexes.
Undecorated or modestly decorated roofs, 650-530 B.C. -- Decorated roofs of the late Orientalizing period, 640/630-580 B.C., and their lingering influence to ca. 560 B.C. -- The Rome-Campania-Northern Etruria decorative system, 590-575 B.C. -- Decorative system using primarily military scenes, 580-540 B.C. -- Veii-Rome-Velletri decorative system, 530 B.C., its antecedents, successors, and imitators -- Caere : the painted decorative system, 540-510 B.C. -- Tarquinia-Veii floral decorative system in ionicizing style, 550-510 B.C. -- Manufacturing techniques and evidence for workshops -- Topographical synthesis.

Summary:

"Although initially intended for the innovative, if prosaic, purpose of providing waterproof and fireproof cover for earlier thatch-roofed homes, fired clay tiles, in seventh- and sixth-century Etruria and Central Italy, combined with Etruscan love of adornment to create exceptional domestic and religious building decoration. Featuring statues and figured friezes of humans, animals, and mythological figures intended to convey the status of the owner or dedicator, the surviving terracotta roofs provide important insights into the architectural history of Etruria. With Symbols of Wealth and Power, Nancy A. Winter has provided a definitive overview of the evidence for these roofing elements that will enhance our knowledge of Etruscan-and more broadly, ancient-architecture"--Jacket.

Resources:
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Publisher description
*McMaster only

ISBN:

9780472116652 (hbk.)
0472116657

Subject:

Architectural terra-cotta Italy Etruria.
Architectural terra-cotta Italy, Central.
Terres cuites architecturales Italie Étrurie.
Terres cuites architecturales Italie (Centre)
15.34 classical archaeology.
21.79 architecture: other.
21.88 ceramics (decorative art)
Antiquities.
Architectural terra-cotta.
Architektur
Dekoration
Terrakotta
Archeologische vondsten.
Bouwkunst.
Terracotta.
Plastieken.
Reliëfs.
Terrakotta etruskische.
Etruskiska terrakottaskulpturer.
Etruria Antiquities.
Italy, Central Antiquities.
Étrurie Antiquités.
Europe Etruria.
Italy Italy, Central.
Etrurien
Mittelitalien
Etrurië
Midden-Italië
Italië

Added entries:

Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary volume ; 9.

Architectural terracotta decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263378
Call No.: BIB 194543
Status: Available