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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/1130/1135-15.jpg
Title	Apollo, acroterion from Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy, detail of head, front view.
Creator	Vulca (Etruscan sculptor, active ca. 500 BCE)
Date	End of 6th century BCE
Cultural Context	Etruscan Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Etruscan
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Statues Acroteria Terracottas (sculptural works) Figures (representations) Figurative art Men (male humans) Gods Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Detail views Heads (animal or human components) Hairstyles Architectural elements Temples Ceremonial structures Religious buildings Buildings Roofs
Subject	Sculpture Men Myths Legends Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Details Heads (Anatomy) Hairstyles Smiling Architectural elements Architectural sculpture Architectural decorations & ornaments Temples Religious facilities Buildings Roofs
Description	“Detail of the head from the monumental terracotta statue of Apollo, which was an acroterion crowning the roof of the Portonaccio Temple in Veii. This masterpiece of Etruscan sculpture from the end of the sixth century BC has been variously ascribed to Vulca, the only Etruscan sculptor known from documentary sources.” (caption, p.40)
People Pictured	Apollo (Greek deity)
Material	Terracotta (clay material) Clay
Technique	Sculpting Firing (heating)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues Terracottas (sculptural works) Details
Repository	Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia (Rome, Italy)
Source	Bussagli, Marco, ed. Rome: Art & Architecture. Cologne: Konemann, 1999. (p.[41])
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Bussagli courtesy: Instituto Fotografico Editoriale Scala; Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1135-15.jpg
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