Etruscan Vs Greek Temple

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Most of the Etruscan art survived because they were found in tombs that protected its environment. The Etruscan art and architecture were also inspired by the Greeks works. The survival of the Etruscan Temple wasn’t so lucky. The Etruscan temples were based on religious architecture that had similarities to Greek temples. But the Etruscan temple had widely spaced, unfluted wood columns only at the front, walls of sun-dried mud brick, and narrow staircase at the center of the facade. What makes this temple so different from Greeks temple is the Cella, it's divided into three parts. The temple is closed off on the back, whereas the Greek temple, and the Cella and the cult statues were designed to be porched from all sides. The columns of Etruscan

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