#etruscans

ingdamnit:

thosenaughtyvictorians:

sewingfrommagic:

thosenaughtyvictorians:

ye olde fursona?

@c9-smoothie the saga continues. I’m pretty sure there’s an etruscan fresco of some people having a threesome with a bull out there too but there are things even I won’t google.

OH HI YOU HIT THE “GET ELZE TO RAMBLE ABOUT THE ETRUSCANS” BUTTON!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Your prize is me rambling about the Etruscans!!!!!!!!!!

You are, I believe, thinking of The Tomb of the Bulls in Tarquinia. The full frescoed wall in question:

And what’s above Door #1?

Difficult to make out, but we have a bull lying in a field, while next to him, three people are boning! Hooray threesomes! A lovely day for it.

But what’s above Door #2?

Two dudes boning in the field while a bull with a human face and a beard charges at them! Judging by this bull’s rampant erection, he wants in. Or maybe he just gets excited by the idea of trampling people. I’m not here to kinkshame ancient human-faced bulls.

The Etruscans are, hands down, my favorite ancient civilization. Because if you’re going to be dead, you might as well get to look at porn for all eternity.

Etruscans believed eroticism drove off evil.

That’s one theory, yeah. But tbh western archeologists have a looong history of calling anything they don’t immediately understand/see a use for/want to think about apotropaic. Personally I just think Etruscans knew what they liked and wanted to have what they liked in their afterlife. Namely parties, food, fucking, booze, music, dancing, sports, and having a Good Time.

I love them.

sewingfrommagic:

thosenaughtyvictorians:

ye olde fursona?

@c9-smoothie the saga continues. I’m pretty sure there’s an etruscan fresco of some people having a threesome with a bull out there too but there are things even I won’t google.

OH HI YOU HIT THE “GET ELZE TO RAMBLE ABOUT THE ETRUSCANS” BUTTON!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Your prize is me rambling about the Etruscans!!!!!!!!!!

You are, I believe, thinking of The Tomb of the Bulls in Tarquinia. The full frescoed wall in question:

And what’s above Door #1?

Difficult to make out, but we have a bull lying in a field, while next to him, three people are boning! Hooray threesomes! A lovely day for it.

But what’s above Door #2?

Two dudes boning in the field while a bull with a human face and a beard charges at them! Judging by this bull’s rampant erection, he wants in. Or maybe he just gets excited by the idea of trampling people. I’m not here to kinkshame ancient human-faced bulls.

The Etruscans are, hands down, my favorite ancient civilization. Because if you’re going to be dead, you might as well get to look at porn for all eternity.

Alabastron (perfume vase) in the shape of a hare. c. 600 - 550 B.C.; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl) decorated with satyrs reveling. Late 6th c. B.C.; terracotta. Attributed to the Group of the Campana Dinoi, Ribbon Painter. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Kantharos decorated with griffins attacking a deer. c. 325 - 300 B.C; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

“The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic period throughout the Mediterranean area. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death. The handles are ribbon-like and include so-called Herakles knots, a square knot symbolic of love and power in the ancient world. In the Roman Imperial period, Herakles knots were believed to heal wounds.” (x)

Vase in the shape of a cockerel inscribed with the Etruscan alphabet. c. 650 - 600 B.C.; bucchero. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

.｡*ﾟ+.*.｡Birds in Etruscan Art ｡.｡+*ﾟ+｡

Clockwise from top left:

1. Terracotta duck askos, c. 350 - 325 B.C., attributed to the Clusium Group, Metropolitan Museum of Art (x) 
2. Subgeometric plate decorated with herons, c.  680 - 670 B.C., terracotta, attributed to the Heron Class, The J. Paul Getty Museum. (x)
3. Pin with dove finial, c. 525 - 400 B.C., gold, The J. Paul Getty Museum (x)
4. Amphora decorated with two roosters, c. 540 - 530 B.C, terracotta, attributed to the Ivy Leaf Group, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (x)
   

Statuette of a satyr dancing. 5th c. BC.; bronze. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Statuette of a man and woman. 5th c. BC.; bronze. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Vase in the form of an ape. Greek or Etruscan. 4th c. B.C.; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Trefoil oinochoe decorated with a procession of animals. c. 600 - 550 B.C.; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Amphora decorated with two roosters flanking an ivy leaf. c. 540 - 530 B.C.; terracotta. Attributed to the Ivy Leaf Group. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Askos in the form of a jackdaw adorned with a bulla. 4th c. BC; terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Wall-painting of a typhon. Tomb of the Typhon, Tarquinia; 2nd half of the 4th c. BC. Fresco.

Portrait of Vel Saties wearing a toga picta (left) and Arnza holding a bird (right). From the François Tomb, Vulci; 4th c BC; fresco.