Etruscan art - Finestre sull'Arte

Hellenistic Etruria: how the Greeks influenced Etruscan art, religion and society

The cultural interaction between Etruscans and Greeks, in what is referred to as Hellenistic Etruria, represents one of the most significant phenomena of antiquity, which left a profound imprint on art, religion and social organization. Indeed, Etrur...
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"The ancients always copy us". The Etruscans in contemporary art

When, in the eighteenth century, Johann Joachim Winckelmann tries to give a comprehensive shape to the history of ancient art, his gaze constructs a map in which Greece occupies the incandescent center. In the pages of Geschichte der Kunst des Altert...
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Veneto, Carabinieri hand over ten stolen archaeological artifacts to the Superintendency

In the first week of December 2025, the Carabinieri's Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) in Venice handed over to the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the metropolitan city of Venice a collection of ten archaeological artif...
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The Hall of the Chimera at the Archaeological Museum of Florence reopens with a new display

The National Archaeological Museum in Florence returns the Hall of the Chimera to the public, renovated with an exhibition project that focuses on an immersive experience and a close-up view of the work considered the symbol ofEtruscan art. The sculp...
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Ten objects to learn about the life and culture of the Etruscans

What objects provide insight into the complexity, spirituality, and sophistication of the Etruscan people? In short: is it possible to compile a list of ten objects for understanding the Etruscans? We have tried. Cinerary urns and votive bronzes that...
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Three days in Tuscany to discover the Etruscans: journey to the heart of ancient civilization

Tuscany preserves some of the most fascinating evidence of the Etruscan civilization, which flourished between the 9th and 1st centuries BC before being absorbed by Rome. To travel in the footsteps of the Etruscans is to immerse oneself in a time sus...
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Inside the Museum of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona: the museum as told by its technical committee

From the heights of Cortona, a town overlooking the Valdichiana, the MAEC - Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona - continues to tell, with an ever new voice, one of the most fascinating stories of antiquity: that of the Etruscans. H...
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Paolo Gioli returns to Volterra: a dialogue between face, time and Etruscan memory

Until January 11, 2026, the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum in Volterra is hosting The Reflected Spouses. Paolo Gioli in Volterra, an exhibition project that ideally brings artist Paolo Gioli (Sarzano, 1942 - Lendinara, 2022) back to the Etruscan city fort...
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