Vulca 1064692 224838784 2008-07-10T17:21:34Z Dougweller 1304678 a bit more from Gardner '''Vulca''' was an [[Etruscan]] artist from the town of [[Veii]]. The only Etruscan artist mentioned by ancient writers, he worked for the last of the Roman kings, [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus|Tarquinius Superbus]]. He is responsible for creating a [[terracotta]] statue of Jupiter that was inside the [[Temple of Jupiter (Capitoline Hill)|Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus]] on the [[Capitoline Hill]], and possibly the [[Apollo of Veii]]. His statue of Jupiter, which being made of terracotta had a red face, was so famous that victorious Roman generals would paint their faces red during their triumphal marches through Rome. Pliny the Elder wrote that his works ere "the finest images of deities of that era...more admired than gold."<ref>{{cite book | last = Gardner | first = Helen | authorlink = | coauthors = Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya | title = Gardner's Art through the Ages | publisher = Thompson Wadsworth | date = 2004 | location = | pages = 236 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZQu1kqNjLuwC&pg=PA236&dq=Vulca+Veii&ei=ST12SMLaHZ6MjAHkp6n-DQ&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U2bKTz72chuv834ptlxEylaZGdDuw | doi = | id = | isbn = 0534640958 }}</ref> [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:Sculptors]] [[Category:Etruscans]] [[Category:Etruscan art]] {{Etruria-stub}} [[de:Vulca]] [[es:Vulca]] [[hu:Vulca]] [[pl:Vulca]]