ETRURIA

ĭtroorˈēə, ancient country, W central Italy, now forming Tuscany and part of Umbria. It was the territory of the Etruscans, who in the 6th cent. b.c. spread Etruscan civilization throughout much of Italy. They were later forced back into Etruria and ultimately dispersed.

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books on: Etruria  - 1311 results

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Etruria: Past and Present
Book by M. A. Johnstone; Methuen, 1930
Subjects: Etruria
ETRURIA PAST AND PRESENT VELIA FROM THE FRESCO IN THE TOMBA DELL ORCO, TARQUINIA See p. 145 ETRURIA PAST AND PRESENT BY M. A. JOHNSTONE WITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS...whilst Professor of Law at Pisa, wrote a treatise on Etruria; this was published after his death in 1723-4, with additions...
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The Etruscans
Book by David Randall-MacIver; Claredon Press, 1927
Subjects: Etruria--Antiquities, Etruscans
...frescoed tombs; Other sites in Southern Etruria; Etruscan temples 48...V. Sites in Central and Northern Etruria; Antiquities in Florence Museum...frescoed the walls of their rock-tombs in Etruria centuries before the birth of Christ...
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Handbook of the Etruscan Collection
Book by Gisela M. A. Richter; Marchbanks Press, 1940
Subjects: Art, Etruscan, Etruria--Antiquities
...origin of the Etruscans; for a history of Etruria written on the present evidence can only...history or literature. 1 All we know of Etruria through ancient authors is derived from...Such a picture of the history and art of Etruria is presented in the Etruscan Gallery...
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Etruscan Italy
Book by James Hogarth, Henry Harrel-Courtes; Orion Press, 1964
Subjects: Etruria--Antiquities, Etruscans
...MAPS Etruria 5...Tusci or Etrusci--from which the name of Etruria comes. Virgil refers to them as Lydians...regard them all as alternatives and to make Etruria no distinction between Tyrrhenes, Tyrsenes...
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Etruscan Places
Book by D. H. Lawrence; The Viking Press, 1957
Subjects: Art, Etruscan, Etruria--Antiquities
...and read all the books about India or Etruria, and never read a single word about the...arose. But it took centuries to arise. Etruria was not a colony, it was a slowly developed...language of the old aboriginals of southern Etruria, just as the religion is in all probability...
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journal articles on: Etruria  - 13 results

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Mediterranean Archaeological Landscapes: Current Issues
Journal article by A. Bernard Knapp; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Mediterranean Archaeological Landscapes: Current Issues (Book)--Book reviews
...regional archaeological survey projects in the Mediterranean (arguably the British School at Romes Central Italy and South Etruria Projects), not long after the publication of Gordon Willeys pioneering Viru Valley Project in Peru, it has seemed obvious that...
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The Lion, the Thistle and the Saltire: National Symbols and Corporate Identity in Scottish Broadcasting
Journal article by Peter Meech; Screen, Vol. 37, 1996
Subjects: Critical Theory, Film Criticism, Identity (Philosophical Concept), Motion Pictures, Poststructuralism, Television
...year, the industrialist Josiah Wedgwood began work on producing commercial copies of the celebrated Portland Vase in his Etruria factory. What links the newspaper and the vases, apart from their contemporaneity, is their status as commodity signs. In...
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Sir William Hamilton's Vase Systemations (1766-1776) A Case Study in the Reproduction and Dissemination of Antiquity
Journal article by Viccy Coltman; Journal of Design History, Vol. 14, 2001
Subjects: Design--History
...Italian explication of the ancient Etrurian Vases, fitt to furnish 2 or more rooms...celebrate the revival of the arts of ancient Etruria in industrial Staffordshire. 43 That...as published in Thomas Dempster De Etruria Regali ( 1723-6 ). 67 Predictably...
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Idea and Product: Potter and Philosopher in Classical Athens
Journal article by John Onians; Journal of Design History, Vol. 4, 1991
Subjects: Design--History
...clear in the important and demanding market of non-Greek Etruria, where traders took careful note of the characteristics of...eventually unloaded on the quay, whether it was in Spain or Etruria, in Sicily or in the Crimea, was a particular form. For everyone...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *
Journal article by Victoria Kirkham; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Aristocracy--Social aspects, Italy--16th century AD, Sculptors--Behavior
...ama in un, non pur la vostra Etruria bella cha ragion Duce e Padre...Glorious lord, at once feared and loved not only by your fair Etruria, who rightly calls you Duce and Father, but by Italy too, who...
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magazine articles on: Etruria  - 11 results

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A Passion for Antiquities
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 123, December 1994
Subjects: Art, Greek--Exhibitions, Art, Roman--Exhibitions, Classical antiquities--Exhibitions, Greek art--Exhibitions, Roman art--Exhibitions
...Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman" features more than 200 objects from Greece, Rome, and Etruria dating from 2600 B.C. to 400 A.D. Included are sculptures in marble and bronze; vessels in bronze, silver, terracotta, and...
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Death of the Emperor Claudius: October 13th, AD 54
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Death of, Emperors--Behavior, Emperors--Death of, Nero, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Poisoning--Usage, Rome (Ancient state)--History
...man, ignored and left to his own devices by his family but encouraged by Livy, who spotted his talent, he wrote histories of Etruria and Carthage, began a history of Rome and wrote a historical treatise on the Roman alphabet. All his works are lost, unfortunately...
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Noble Cast
Magazine article by Carol Squires; Artforum International, Vol. 38, September 1999
Subjects: Apraxine, Pierre--Interviews, Art museum curators--Interviews, Photography, Artistic--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Royal descent, Families of--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...countess in one of her most famous costumes, as the Queen of Etruria. The images were steeped in the nineteenth century, with stilted...costume ball at the Tuileries. She appeared as the Queen of Etruria and again became the talk of the town, but it was not the same...
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Cortona, Chiantishire: York Membery Found Much to Savour When He Paid a Visit to the Medieval Town of Cortona for the Tuscan Sun Festival
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 58, March 2008
Subjects: Cities and towns--Description and travel, Tuscany, Italy--Description and travel, Tuscany, Italy--Fairs and festivals
...is like stepping back in time. One of the twelve cities of Etruria, it was founded by the Etruscans, although its exact origins...in Cortona in the 1840s, and a fine bronze from mid-northern Etruria dating back to the second half of the fourth century BC. Once...
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In the Bleak Midwinter: The Collapse of Waterford Wedgwood Is a Disaster for the Potteries, and for a Once-Rich Craft Heritage
Magazine article by Charlotte Higgins; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 138, January 19, 2009
Subjects: Glass industry--Finance, Glass industry--Location, Pottery--Economic aspects, Pottery--Social aspects, Stoke-on-Trent, England--Economic aspects, Stoke-on-Trent, England--Social aspects, Waterford Wedgwood PLC--Finance, Waterford Wedgwood PLC--Location
...ring with a wooden mallet. There are districts in Stoke called Etruria and Dresden. When I was a child, I was surprised to discover...post-industrial panorama rather than Tuscan hills when I read the word Etruria. I dont think the locals call themselves Etruscans, but its...
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newspaper articles on: Etruria  - 23 results

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Etruria Answers Vodafone Call; OFFICES
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 13, 2007
Subjects: Wireless communication systems--Services, Wireless communications services
Etruria Answers Vodafone Call; OFFICES. Mobile phone giant...will employ more than 1,200 people at the high-profile Etruria Valley being developed by Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration...building will be the first development on the second phase of Etruria Valley, continuing the massive regeneration programme in...
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St Modwen Stake in Stoke Office Sold
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 23, 2009
Subjects: Commercial construction
...occupier Vodafone UK, the building at Etruria Valley Business Park has been sold to...the building is progressing on target. Etruria Valley is an extremely popular business...meeting and training rooms. The 125 acre Etruria Valley Business Park is the site of the...
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New Homes: The Building Blocks of an Expanding Telford
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 10, 2002
Subjects: Blockleys PLC, Brick industry, Bricks, Building materials industry
...Persimmon Homes. The big scheme is to be known as Etruria Village after the Etruria clay from the quarry used in the brick-making process...Persimmon homes West midlands, Maureen Haywood said: Etruria Village follows on from previous, highly successful...
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Marketing Expert Wins Award
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 26, 2006
Subjects: Museums--Achievements and awards
...Bramall worked with Gladstone Pottery Museum, Ford Green Hall and Etruria Industrial Museum in Stoke, during her placement. The 41-year-old...as a wedding venue, while steaming events have been held at Etruria, which is the last surviving steam-powered potters mill in...
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Flash Back: Pottery of Quality; Maritime TALES
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), July 21, 2007
...established a reputation forthe quality of its wares. The name Herculaneum was probably chosen to rival the Italian classical name of Etruria so successfully used by Josiah Wedgwood in Staffordshire. The Herculaneum Pottery rapidly expanded and a large proportion of...
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encyclopedia articles on: Etruria  - 26 results

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Etruria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ETRURIA itroor e , ancient country, W central Italy, now forming Tuscany and part of Umbria. It was the territory of the Etruscans, who in the 6th cent. b.c. spread Etruscan civilization throughout much of Italy. They were later forced back into Etruria and ultimately dispersed. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...
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Etruscan Civilization
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the territory of the Etruscans, known as Etruria to the Latins, was northwest of the Tiber...declined during the 5th and 4th cent. Etruria had no centralized government, but rather...late 6th cent. a mutual agreement between Etruria and Carthage, with whom Etruria had allied...
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Lars Porsena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...porsen , semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the exiled Tarquinius...identifies Lars Porsena with Mastarna, a legendary hero of Etruria, who conquered Rome and ruled over the city. According to this...
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Caere
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CAERE se re, ancient city of Etruria , c.30 mi (50 km) N of Rome, Italy, at the site of the modern Cerveteri. Although a few miles from the sea, it had ports at Alsium...
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Tarquinii
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TARQUINII tarkwin ei, ancient city of Etruria, central Italy, NW of Rome. The head of the Etruscan League, it was defeated in wars with Rome in the 4th cent. b.c. In the 3d...
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