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Togas, temples, hydraulic engineering, winemaking, and even “Roman” numerals, all widely credited to the Romans, were actually Etruscan innovations. The Etruscans thrived in what is now Italy for almost a millennium, from around 900 to 100 BC, before the rise of the Roman Empire. They laid the foundation for present-day architecture, engineering, and artistic achievements. Yet their culture remains overshadowed by ancient Greece and Rome. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries and cutting-edge scholarship, this is the most comprehensive exhibition on Etruscan culture in the United States to date. Almost 200 exquisitely crafted and well-preserved examples of bronze and terracotta sculpture, gold jewelry, ceramics, and architectural features, as well as the longest-surviving piece of Etruscan writing, reveal a legacy that continues to captivate today
The official catalogue of the Legion of Honor's exhibition, The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy introduces a culture that flourished in ancient Etruria in Italy from the ninth to second centuries BCE. Renowned for their beauty and craftsmanship, the nearly two hundred artworks in this book offer fascinating insight into Etruscan society through wall paintings, bronze and terracotta vessels and sculptures, and opulent gold jewelry, as well as other treasures. This comprehensive exhibition catalogue reveals how Etruscan achievements influenced Western civilization, leaving a legacy that still captivates today.
As the first major work in more than twenty years to feature and describe new findings and other developments in the field of Etruscan art and archaeology, this book provides groundbreaking insights by Dr. Renée Dreyfus, Curator of Ancient Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and other leading scholars into this area of ancient art. Hardcover, 376 pages.
Quality reproductions in paper and canvas, framed and unframed, from The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy at the Legion of Honor museum accompany the exhibition on view from May 2 through September 20, 2026.
