By Patricia S. Lulof, Carlo Rescigno

In historic Italy, temples have been embellished with full-figure architectural terracotta pictures corresponding to acroteria, statuary teams and excessive reliefs. those terracottas as a rule express advanced scenes of gods and heroes, mythical battles and legendary animals, in addition to huge volutes and palmettes. The fourth version of the Deliciae Fictiles meetings all in favour of this particular category of usually home made terracotta roof ornament from Etruria and vital Italy, Campania, Magna Graecia and Sicily. the amount comprises sixty contributions, publishing new fabric, new findings and plenty of new reconstructions of this hugely infrequent fabric from everywhere Italy from the Archaic interval into the Hellenistic instances. an enormous bibliography and over 700 illustrations, a lot of which in color, supply reference fabric for students and scholars of archaeology, historic structure and approach, paintings historical past and iconography.

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Modeling of Akroterial Statues Based on archaeological and textual evidence, reconstructions of Etruscan or other temples often include akroterial statues, and these statues are important for our interpretation of the function of the temples as well as the cults practiced. 157), and the Portonaccio temple at Veii is usually shown with a row of statues, including the famous Apollo, Herakles, Hermes, or so-called Leto with a child (fig. 1). 5 Without the aid of texts or visual documents such as coins or reliefs, the two main methods for distinguishing akroterial statues from votive ones are by examining the fabric and modeling and by ascertaining their position through ridgepole tiles and other types of bases.

338; Di Mario 2007, pl. S. Lulof). Fig. 10d. Ridge pole statue of the ‘Late Archaic’ roof of Satricum, (Oude Stad 1985, pls 76, 79; Andrén 1939-1940, pls. 147-149). 30 Patricia Lulof Fig. 11. The Amazon of the Esquiline (Lulof 2007a, fig. 9). Etruscan tradition which Latin centres had enjoyed for perhaps half a century or more. The fact that the Tarquins were Etruscan – Superbus seeks refuge in Caere after 509 – may have to do with this switch of allegiance26. These considerations are my point of departure for a future research project.

Hypothetical reconstruction of the ‘Late Archaic’ roof of Satricum, Fig. 10b-c. Ridge pole statues, acroteria and Satyr-andmaenad antefixes of the ‘Late Archaic’ roof of Satricum, (Oude Stad 1985, pls 76, 79; Andrén 1939-1940, pls. 147-149). Fig. * Distribution of Juno Sospita antefixes and small relief plaques in Latium (Italy of the Etruscans 1991, n. 338; Di Mario 2007, pl. S. Lulof). Fig. 10d. Ridge pole statue of the ‘Late Archaic’ roof of Satricum, (Oude Stad 1985, pls 76, 79; Andrén 1939-1940, pls.

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