Etruscan Places: travels through forgotten Italy
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Main Author: Lawrence, D. H., (David Herbert) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2011
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Item Description:Foreword by Michael Squires; I. Cerveteri; II. Tarquinia; III. The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia; IV. The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia; V. Vulci; VI. Volterra
The Etruscan civilisation, which flourished from the 8th until the 5th century BC in what is now Tuscany, is one of the most fascinating and mysterious in history. An uninhibited, elemental people, the Etruscans enthralled D.H. Lawrence, who craved their 'old wisdom', the secret of their vivacity and love of life. To him they represented the antithesis of everything he despised in the modern world, perhaps because their spontaneity and naturalness struck a chord with his own quest for personal and artistic freedom - so often censured or repressed. Lawrence approaches the enigmatic Etruscans as
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (207 pages)
ISBN:0857719823
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