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Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art
From a Mycenaean cup of the 14th century B.C., through Villanovan urns, Etruscan bucchero, Corinthian, black-figure, red-figure, Campanian, Apulian, and Sicilian of the 3rd through 1st century B.C., here is a description and illustration of approximately sixty-five ancient Greek vases in the Elvehjem collection along with essays about the history of vase production and the use of the vase. Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Etruscan Red-Figured Vase-Painting at Caere
This study derives from a close investigation of a class of Etruscan plates belonging to the Genucillia Group. Soon attracted to these products of no great aesthetic merit were many vases of different shapes and more imposing character, also decorated by Caeretan painters. We can now recognize a fairly important and prolific red-figured fabric produced at Caere, an Etruscan city of major significance whose pottery must be fully considered in any future discussion of Etruscan art and civilization. Many vases previously grouped and treated within the more general framework of Etruscan red-figure are now attributed to Caertan potters an vase painters. This disclosure will provide important data...
Abundance of Life
'Abundance of Life' traces the stylistic and iconographic evolution of Etruscan wall paintings over their 500 year history. The text also examines what the paintings reveal about the daily life, politics, and religion of this ancient society.
As Witnessed by Images
Lowenstam identifies a variety of images and interpretations--some regarded Achilles as a hero, others believed him to be a cruel bully--that reflect and directly respond to the ancient heroic tradition from which the Iliad and Odyssey evolved.
