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DESCRIPTION:May 2 - Sep 20\, 2026\nWho knew that a host of engineering and 
 intellectual accomplishments associated with Rome—arches\, aqueducts\, c
 ity planning\, even “Roman” numerals—were in truth the intellectual 
 property of a more ancient\, long-eclipsed Italic civilization? “The Etr
 uscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy” aims to set the record straight
 . Why did these people effectively disappear? Because\, like their Greek a
 nd Phoenician trading partners\, they formed a federation of rival city st
 ates unable to form a united front against the centralized Roman juggernau
 t. As a blue-ribbon consolation prize\, the Etruscans eventually gained Ro
 man citizenship. (Remember Emperor Augustus’s right-hand man Maecenas\, 
 whose name became synonymous with patronage of the arts? An Etruscan.) But
  for the aesthetically inclined\, historic revisionism will take a backsea
 t to the joie de vivre embodied in stellar loans from the Vatican\, the Lo
 uvre\, the Victoria & Albert\, the Getty\, and other treasure houses. Thou
 gh their provenance is widely ignored\, certain objects belong to an image
  bank that is all but universal. Take the loving couple atop their sarcoph
 agus\, for example\, reclining as if at a banquet\, faces aglow with the r
 enowned\, serene “Etruscan smile”—or a bronze box handle in the shap
 e of a fallen warrior attended by Sleep and Death. Among the luxurious gra
 ve goods expect jewelry of dazzling ingenuity as well as pottery positivel
 y exuberant in its inventive designs. Limber youths from an Etruscan mural
  recall the prelapsarian grace of Minoan athletes painted on Crete a thous
 and years before. You might not buy the case put forward for the equality 
 of the sexes among the Etruscans\, but this is 2026\, and virtue signaling
  in such contexts is de rigueur.
LOCATION:Legion of Honor Museum\, 100 34th Ave\, San Francisco\, CA 94121\,
  United States
SUMMARY:The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/the-etruscans-from-th
 e-heart-of-ancient-italy-1
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