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Board: Etruria
Topic: Etruscan Views on Death 
Topic Editor: Fabrisia Fabius
Topic Description: quote from D. H. Lawrence's 'Etruscan Places' pub....

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Message: Re: Spirit Boat 
Author: Lauchum - Camitlnas Tullius, Patron 
Date: Nov 22, 2000 04:04
      Wow! if you have a digital camera, I'm sure we would like to see a picture 
      of that Tanaquil. 

      It sounds like it belongs to the archaic age. I have seen so many pictures 
      of drinking flasks in the shape of animals and birds - askos I believe is 
      the term - they are also meant to look like fabric drinking bags and often 
      have a textured surface. 

      As has been said before, and reflected in some of Velthur's postings, the 
      Etruscan view of death seemed to change dramatically  from the 4th century 
      onwards. 

      That is why we have in the 7th and 6th century such exhuberant frescos 
      depicting the outside world, sometimes with the scene changing to  indoors 
      without any barriers (eg the Hunting and Fishing Tomb) - Contrast that to 
      the scornful bitter expression of the pictures from the Tomba dell'Orco, 
      and the numbed expression on the face of Vel Saties, (accompanied by his 
      son?) in the Francois Tomb as he releases a bird to observe its flight and 
      presumably predict some drear future for the Etruscans. The symbolism 
      plainly conveys a sense of foreboding for the generations to come. 

      Anyway I digress :) I will be scanning some of these pictures kindly sent 
      from Tarquinia by Velthur during December. 










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