Etruscan Pillows

Ancient Etruria and rivals of the Romans with the iconic mythological chimaera symbol Part of the Ancient History and Ancient Rome Collection

Ancient Etruria and rivals of the Romans with the iconic mythological chimaera symbol Part of the Ancient History and Ancient Rome Collection

The iconic Ptolemaic Eagle from of the Ptolemy Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Greek Pharaohs. Part of the Diadochi and Alexander the Great Collection

The symbol of the ancient Seleucid Empire, Successors to Alexander the Great.

Digital restoration and painting by Bulgan Lumini © from detail of two dancers from the Tomb of the Triclinium ,Tarquinia 470 BCE

After Greek red-figure vase from ca 480 BC by the painter Apololodorus, Museo archeologico nazionale in Tarquinia, Italy

Ancient Etruscan art is simply beautiful. Although they are not as well known as the Romans, these northern Italians developed an advanced culture and society.

Greek Roman Etruscan Dolphin from bronze sculpture 300 B.C. - A.D. 100 uploaded by pelagioAM Light blue and black default colors

Digital collage ,restoration and painting by Bulgan Lumini © from detail of dancers and musicians from the Tomb of the Leopards ,Tarquinia 470 BCE

Etruscan Vase with Flowers by Odilon Redon, 1900-1910. Tempera on canvas.

A Hippocampus is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology, though the name by which it is recognized is purely Greek; it became part of Etruscan mythology. It has typically been depicted as a horse in its forepart with a coiling, scaly, fish-like hindquarter.

Adapted from "Greek Vase Paintings." (London Unwin 1894) Harrison, Jane Ellen.

This design is based on a late archaic amphora in the Metropolitan Museum of Art attributed to the Berlin Painter

Joseph Mallord William turner vesuvius in eruption

This design is adapted from The Delphian Society The World's Progress Part III, 1913.

I recreated this 5th century Etruscan Gorgon, paint on Terracotta from Tarquinia, Italy, ca 490 BC. Gorgons were displayed to keep evil doers away... Italic people were quite superstitious. But then you never know...

italian architecture classical nouveau by Jade Mcculloch for House of Harlequin

A procession of hunters, one on horse back, on their way to the hunting fields in company of 2 cheetahs or leopards. Mural painting of a 7th century BC tomb in Veio, Italy.

The Return of The Etruscan Boar Vessel

Digital image elaboration by Bulgan Lumini based on Etruscan fresco Tarquinia Italy . Portrait of an Etruscan noble woman called Velia, ,Tomb of the ogre .4.3 rd century BC .

A town in central Italy, founded by the Etruscans.

This attic red-figure owl design was inspired by a kalpis at the Getty Institute. It dates to 480–470 B.C. and features an owl and olive branches, symbols of Athens' patron goddess Athena. The attribution lies somewhere in the Group of the Floral Nolans .