This week our focus was on the Etruscans’ Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical works of art. I will discuss the fibula with Orientalizing lions, Apollo of Veii, and Chimera de Arezzo. I will also talk about the videos, “A Place Called Etruria”, “Luxury Excess”, and “Enigma of the Etruscans”. The fibula with Orientalizing lions is from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb in Italy, circa 650-640 BCE. This artwork is made of gold, is eighteen inches high, and is now in the Vatican Museum in Rome. This piece symbolizes the luxury and beauty practices of the time of opulence. The bells shown are acoustic to the senses and the abstractions of the lions are emphasized through the curved design. The Apollo of Veii is from the Classical period, is from the
