The Etruscan Chariot from Monteleone di Spoleto

The Etruscan Chariot from Monteleone di Spoleto

Analysis by Adriana Emiliozzi on the reconstruction of the Monteleone chariot (560–550 BC). The text examines in depth the iconography of the Achilles cycle, the repoussé technique, and the identity of the commissioning “princeps.”

This publication expands on the study conducted by Adriana Emiliozzi (Institute of Studies on Italic and Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations – National Research Council, Rome), published on the occasion of the new installation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art galleries (2007). It represents the key reference for understanding the technical genesis and the symbolic value of this masterpiece of Archaic art.

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