The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . me it was oftendesignated. In point of antiquity the paintings in this tomb appear to rank betweenthose of the Tomba della Scimia and of the Tomba Casuccini, and to belong tothe second period of Etruscan art, which is designated as the places them after the Grotta del Citaredo, and before the GrotteTriclinio, Querciola, and Bighe of Brunn refers them to anadvanced period of archaic art, a period in which, while retaining greatsimplicity of design and colouring, and somewhat still of Etruscan rigidity,they show a manifest d
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . me it was oftendesignated. In point of antiquity the paintings in this tomb appear to rank betweenthose of the Tomba della Scimia and of the Tomba Casuccini, and to belong tothe second period of Etruscan art, which is designated as the places them after the Grotta del Citaredo, and before the GrotteTriclinio, Querciola, and Bighe of Brunn refers them to anadvanced period of archaic art, a period in which, while retaining greatsimplicity of design and colouring, and somewhat still of Etruscan rigidity,they show a manifest development under Hellenic influence, and even betraya studious endeavour to penetrate into the spirit of Greek art. In comparisonwith the Tarquinian paintings specified above, he pronounces them to appearmore free, harmonious, and 1 For a description and illustrations of Inst. 1850, tav. paintings in this tomb, see Ann. Inst. 2 Ann. Inst. 1863, p. 352. 1850, pp. 280—285—Braun; Mon. Inedit. 3 Ann. Inst. 1866, p. CINERARY URN, IN THE FORM OF AN ETRUSCAN HOUiE, FROM CHII7SI. CHAPTER LV. CHIUSI.—CL USIUM. POGGIO G A JELL A. Crede mibi, vires aliquas natura sepulcris,Attribuit; tumulos vindicat umbra suos. Seneca. Ut quondan Creta fertur Labyrintbus in altaParietibus textum cascis iter, ancipitemqueMille viis babuisse dolum, qua signa sequendiFalleret indeprensus et irremeabilis error. Virgil. It is a notable fact that but one description of an Etruscantomb is to be found in ancient writers ; and that tomb was atClusium—the mausoleum of Lars Porsena. It is thus describedby Varro, as quoted by Pliny :— He was buried under the city of Clusium, in a spot wherehe has left a monument in rectangular masonry, each sidewhereof is three hundred feet wide, and fifty high, and withinthe square of the basement is an inextricable labyrinth, out ofwhich no one who ventures in without a clue of thread can everfind an exit. On that square basement stand five pyramids,
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