The Etruscans

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2001. Cloth, 671 pages, colour illustrations, maps, plans; 31 cm. English Edition. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Palazzo Grassi and the Ministero per i beni e le attivita culturale, held November 26, 2000 to July 1, 2001, Palazzo Grassi, Venice. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. This monumental publication is probably the most comprehensive study of the Etruscan civilization. "This volume accompanies Palazzo Grassi's exhibition on the Etruscans. It contains 20 chapters by prominent scholars on diverse topics such as Etruscan city building, language, slavery and trade. Illustrations display richly frescoed tombs, jewellery and sculpture, metalwork and painted vases." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Presentation, by Mario Torelli; The original features of the Etruscan peoples, by Giovanni Colonna; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL FORMS. The origins of the Etruscans: a controversy handed down from antiquity, by Dominique Briquel; The origin and diffusion of Villanovan culture, by Gilda Bartoloni; Economic structure, by Marisa Bonamici; Coins, by Fiorenzo Catalli; Trade, by Michel Gras; The Etruscan aristocracy in the orientalizing period: culture, economy, relations, by Alessandro Naso; The woman's role, by Antonio Rallo; The Etruscan expansion into Campania, by Maria Bonghi Jovino; The Etruscan expansion in the Po Valley, by Giuseppe Sassatelli; Relations with neighbouring peoples, by Simonetta Stopponi; The Etruscans and the Veneti: forms of exchange and processes of acculturation, by Loredana Capuis; The Etruscans and the lands south of Campania, by Angelo Bottini; Political forms in the archaic period, by Mauro Menichetti; Republican political forms, by Adriano Maggiani; The ideology of the Etruscan city, by Luca Cerchiai; The social structure and the serf question, by Franc oise-Helene Massa-Pairault. CULTURE AND FORMS OF ART. Etruscan religion, by Mario Torelli; Etruscan urban planning, by Stephan Steingra ber; Civil, religious, and domestic architecture, by Luigi Donati; Tomb architecture, by Friedhelm Prayon; Painting, by Francesco Roncalli; Sculpture, by Stefano Bruni; Etruscan Bronzes, by Fabio Colivicchi; Archaic pottery: Impasto and Bucchero Wares, by Giovannangelo Camporeale; Painted pottery of the Archaic period, by Franc?oise Gaultier; Etruscan painted ware of the classical and Hellenistic period, by Maurizio Harari; The minor arts, by Marina Martelli, Ferdinando Gilotta; The writing, by Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni; The language, by Luciano Agostiniani; The Tyrrheni of Lemnos, by Carlo de Simone; THE REDISCOVERY OF THE ETRUSCANS. Etruscan Antiquarianism, by Fabio Colivicchi; The Vatican's Museo Gregoriano Etrusco from the nineteenth century and beyond, by Francesco Buranelli; The Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Florence, by Antonella Romualdi; The Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, by Anna Maria Moretti Sgubini. CATALOGUE OF WORKS. The making. From the Bronze Age to the Iron Age; The Villanovan civilization; The apogee. The economy. Agriculture; The mines; Piracy and trade; Warfare; The ideal forms. Opulence; The role of women; The cult of the ancestors and the continuity of the clan; The rituals of the Archaic power; Hellenization; The urban political forms; The renewed society of the fourth century; The decline. The Roman conquest; The servants; The anguish of the decline. The role of the past and of the esoteric doctrines; The Diaspora and nostalgia. APPENDIX. Chronology; Topographical Index of Works.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.