Etruria and Anatolia: Material Connections and Artistic Exchange

Etruria and Anatolia : material connections and artistic exchangeAuthors:Elizabeth P. Baughan (Editor), Lisa Pieraccini (Editor)This book offers the first comprehensive study of Etruscan and Anatolian cultures as agents of artistic exchange rather than as side characters in a Greek-focused narrative. Diverse chapters synthesize a wide range of material evidence, from tomb architecture and furniture to painted vases, terracotta reliefs, and magic amulets. By identifying shared practices, common visual language, and movements of objects and artisans (not only from east to west but also from west to east), this volume illuminates many varied threads of the interconnected ancient Mediterranean fabric. Rather than trying to account for similarities with one, overarching theory, it presents multiple, simultaneous modes and implications of connectivity while also recognizing the distinct local identities expressed even through shared artistic and cultural traditionsContents:Introduction“Etruria, Anatolia, and Wider Mediterranean Connectivity,” by Lisa C. Pieraccini and Elizabeth P. BaughanPart IBroadening Perspectives: A Wider Mediterranean Landscape“From East to West and Beyond,” by Alessandro NasoPart IIInterpretive Frameworks“Bridging Cultures in the Past and Present,” by Tamar Hodos“Etruria and Anatolia: An Ancient Relationship Framed by the Modern Views of ‘Orientalization,'” by Jessica Nowlin“A Tale of Two Buccheri: East and West,” by Theresa Huntsman“The Role of Greek Sanctuaries in Material and Artistic Interactions between Etruria and Anatolia,” by Nassos PapalexandrouPart IIITechnology and Mobility“Wooden Furniture from Verucchio and Gordion,” by Elizabeth Simpson“Refugee Terracotta Craftsmen from Anatolia in Southern Etruria and Latium, 550 540-510 BCE,” by Nancy A. WinterPart IVShared Practices“Etruscan Lightning and Anatolian Images: The Use and Perception of Tridents in Etruria and the East,” by Jean MacIntosh Turfa“Luxury Consumption and Elite Lifestyles,” by Annette Rathje“Tracing Connections Between Archaic Etruria and Anatolia in Material Culture and Funerary Ideology,” by Fernando Gilotta“Rock Tombs and Monuments in South Etruria and Anatolia: Typology, Chronology, Ideology – Differences and Common Elements,” by Stephan Steingra berPart VShared and Distinct Iconographies“Wall Paintings from Gordion in their Anatolian Context,” by Susanne Berndt“Chasing the Dog in Etruria and Anatolia: Connections, Context, and Meaning,” by Lisa C. Pieraccini“Reconsidering Ionian and Other Eastern Influences on Etruscan Black-Figure Vase-Painting,” by Dimitris PaleothodorosPart VIShared Forms, Distinct Functions“Forms and Functions of Beds and Couches in Etruscan and Anatolian Tombs,” by Elizabeth P. Baughan“Female Assembly on Archaic Etruscan and Anatolian Funerary Monuments,” by Gretchen Meyers“Anatolian Fashion in Etruscan Clothing: The Case of the Pointed Shoes,” by Tuna S are Ag tu rk“Male Necklaces in the East and West,” by Alexis Q. CastorSeries:Mediterranean studies in antiquityxxiii, 344 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.