The Etruscans

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Oct, 2004

The Etruscans

Frederica Borrelli & Maria C. Targia

Getty Trust Publications

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1682

0892366958 $16.95 www.getty.edu

The Etruscans: Art, Architecture, And History by archaeologists and Etruscan experties Frederica Borrelli and Maria Cristina Targia is a beautiful, compact yet full-color survey of the artistic and historical legacy of the Etruscan civilization, which originated in the eighth century B.C. and spread out across the region of central Italy. Surveying the controversy of Etruscan geographic and linguistic origins, the trade network through which they influenced adjoining peoples, their gold, terra cotta, and bronze sculpture, their ancient necropolises some of which survive to this day, their eventual merge with Roman civilization, and much more, The Etruscans is a stunning overview and a joy for lay readers as well as historians. Full-color illustrations of beautiful artworks on every page make The Etruscans a very special treat to browse through.