- chapter 8: A long twilight –
Figure 8.20 Some products of Etruscan art and craftsmanship; the series of ex-votos in bronze
produced at Volterra in the second half of the third century, known by the name of “Ombra della serra”
(“Shadow of the Night”) is without doubt the most original and the most modern. It has inspired the
work of Alberto Giacometti (Volterra, Museo Guarnacci; Camporeale 2001, p. 11).Figure 8.21 Etruscan mirrors present a rich repertoire of mythological scenes, sometimes diffi cult to
understand; some relate to the history of relations between Etruria and Rome: on this Vulcian mirror
of the last quarter of the fourth century, the brothers Aule and Caile Vibenna, condottieri originally from
Vulci, surprise the prophet Cacu in order to learn the destiny of their people (London, British Museum;
Barker-Rasmussen 1998, Fig. 39).