Etruskische Entertainer: Ein männlicher Jongleur, eine akrobatin und ein Musiker, der zwei Flöten spielt. Wandmalerei in einem 2.500 Jahre alten etruskischen Grab, dem Jugglergrab oder Tomba dei Giocolieri, in der Nekropole Monterozzi der antiken Stadt Tarchuna oder Tarchna, heute Tarquinia, Latium, Italien. Der Jongleur hält zwei Scheiben, während er vor zwei Körben steht, während die akrobatin einen schwer aussehenden Kerzenleuchter auf ihrem Kopf ausbalanciert.
4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. Juni 2008
Ort:
Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy.
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Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy: a bearded judge (right) - or perhaps the Etruscan man who commissioned the Tomb of the Jugglers in the Monterozzi necropolis of ancient Tarchuna / Tarchna - sits watching youthful funerary games beneath a red lion and a re-drawn blue panther in well-preserved frescoes below the tympanum of the 2, 500-year-old burial chamber. He sees a male juggler holding two discs while standing in front of two baskets, as a graceful female acrobat wearing a transparent chiton or tunic balances a weighty-looking candelabrum or candlestick on her head. Two the left, a musician plays two flutes as the performance is observed by three naked spectators, one of them sitting on the ground. The Tomb of the Jugglers or Tomba dei Giocolieri dates from about 510 BC and was discovered in 1961. It is among about 200 out of more than 6, 000 burial chambers and graves in the necropolis to be decorated with frescoes. Most were reserved for the Tarchuna’s aristocrats or nobles. The tomb paintings offer an unrivalled view of everyday Etruscan life, with the artists depicting athletes, hunters, funeral rites and mythical scenes as well as banquet guests being entertained by musicians and dancers. The Monterozzi necropolis, first used in the 7th century BC, occupies a hill southeast of Tarquinia. It gained World Heritage site status in 2004. UNESCO rates its frescoes as among the best examples of pre-Roman art in the western Mediterranean. It comments: “Tarquinia's large-scale wall paintings are exceptional both for their formal qualities and for their content, which reveal aspects of life, death, and religious beliefs of the ancient Etruscans … the depiction of daily life in the frescoed tombs, many of which are replicas of Etruscan houses, is a unique testimony to this vanished culture.” D0678.A8111
