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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826988903321

Autore

Caccioli David A

Titolo

The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts / / by David A. Caccioli ; with an introduction by William H. Peck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40068-1

9786612400681

90-474-2577-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Monumenta Graeca et Romana, , 0169-8850 ; ; v. 14

Disciplina

016.9375

Soggetti

Villanovan culture

Etruscans

Classical antiquities

Etruria Antiquities Catalogs

Greece Antiquities Catalogs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / D.A. Caccioli -- I. Introduction / D.A. Caccioli -- II. Stone / D.A. Caccioli -- III. Bronze / D.A. Caccioli -- IV. Ceramic / D.A. Caccioli -- V. Terracotta / D.A. Caccioli -- VI. Abbreviations / D.A. Caccioli -- VII. Bibliography / D.A. Caccioli -- VIII. Concordance Of Dia Accession Numbers / D.A. Caccioli -- IX. Concordance Of Former Collections, Galleries, And Donors / D.A. Caccioli.

Sommario/riassunto

The Villanovan and Etruscan collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts not only represent an important source of Classical Antiquity in the United States, but also serve as a historical model of how such artifacts were acquired by large American museums from the late-nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries. These collections provide museum visitors, scholars, and students with an indepth view into one of antiquity's most fascinating peoples, the Etruscans and their predecessors. The wide-ranging collections contain artifacts from every aspect of Etruscan life such as utilitarian tools and weapons, objects for personal adornment, votive statuettes, and cinerary urns to house the



dead. One statuette, the Detroit Rider, is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of Etruscan small sculpture. The catalogue brings together all of these pieces for the first time with photographs and relevant bibliographic sources on their cultural and religious functions in antiquity.