The Etruscans.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Wisconsin Bookwatch | Date: October 1, 2004 | Copyright information

The Etruscans

Frederica Borrelli & Maria C. Targia

Getty Trust Publications

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1682

0892366958 $16.95 www.getty.edu

The Etruscans: Art, Architecture, And History by archaeologists and Etruscan experties Frederica Borrelli and Maria Cristina Targia is a beautiful, compact yet full-color survey of the artistic and historical legacy of the Etruscan civilization, which origina...

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