The British writer D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) visited maybe two dozen Etruscan sepulchers of the Monterozzi necropolis during two days in April 1927. He describes visiting fifteen of them (see Etruscan Places, posthumously published in 1932). It is on that occasion that he points out the idea of a Etruscan joyousness and hedonism opposed to the Roman austerity and militarism; an interpretation that would support his polemics against Mussolini’s regime, which saw itself as the heir of the powerful Romanitas.
I described a few of these painted tombs in my own way, in 2015-2016 and again in 2025-2026.
(See also the recent show at Il liberatorio, Viterbo, September 2026: Intrusi in posti etruschi, proiezione)
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Like a slideshow, the existing pieces (30×30 cm, lead framed):
Tarquinia B 00, 2024, Tomba delle leonesse – Franz Boas (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 02, 2015, Tomba dei Caronti – Ainu (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 04, 2015, Tomba del fiore di loto – Hopi, Ona.
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Tarquinia B 05, 2015, Tomba del cacciatore – Chinois (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 06, 2015, Tomba dei giocolieri – Kwakiutl (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 07, 2025, Tomba del letto funebre – Samaritans.
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Tarquinia B 08, 2026, Tomba Pallottino – drum contest (private collection).
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Tarquinia B 10, 2026, Tomba della caccia e della pesca – Inuit.
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Tarquinia B 11, 2026, Tomba Cardarelli – Samaritans.
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Tarquinia B 12, 2026, Tomba Moretti – Ammassalik.
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Tarquinia B 13, Tomba della caccia al cervo – Kwakiutl.
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Tarquinia B 14, 2026, Tomba Bartoccini – Keams Canyon, students.
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Tarquinia B 15, 2026, Tomba Bettini – Keams Canyon, Mr. Neel.
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Tarquinia B 16, 2026, Tomba dei fiorellini – Palestine Broadcasting Service.
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Tarquinia B 17, 2026, Tomba dei leopardi – Hostile Hopi (private collection).
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September 2026, Il liberatorio, Viterbo:
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After the Liberatorio, a new series, October 2026:
Tarquinia B 19, Tomba Bettini, Hostile Hopi 1905.
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Tarquinia B 20, Tomba del guerriero – Keams Canyon, a student.
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Tarquinia B 21, Tomba delle leonesse – Uppsala, men.
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Tarquinia B 22, Tomba dei leopardi – Uppsala, women.
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Tarquinia B 23, Tomba della caccia al cervo – Ainu.
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Tarquinia B 24, Tomba dei Caronti – Selk’man.
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Tarquinia B 25 (07 bis), Tomba della caccia e della pesca – Kiryat Luza.
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