How are Etruscan temples different than Greek ones?
Etruscan Art is the ‘figurative art’ of Etruria, which geographically stretched from some parts of North Italy further Salerno to the Tiber River. The art of Etruria spans over four key periods (ninth to second century BC), the Villanovan & Orientalizing Era (800-650 BC), the Archaic Era (650-500 BC), the Classical Era (500-300 BC), culminating finally in the Hellenistic Era (300-100 BC), by when it became extinct. In effect, the Etruscan Civilization flourished between about 800 and 300 BC. Similar to most other ancient civilizations, the Etruscans were also preoccupied with the mysteries of death and afterlife, though in negative parlance. This firm belief of Etruria was portrayed through art and therefore, largely Etruscan Art is ‘Funerary Art.’ This art quite lacked the elaboration and the finesse of ‘Monumental Art,’ which is directed at ennobling or immortalizing a culture’s historical events or civic ceremonies such as in the Greek and Roman Civilizations. Certain Greek Archaic
