Book Review of Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640–510 B.C., by Nancy A. Winter

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In her second comprehensive book on architectural terracottas, Winter turns her attention from the Greek world (Greek Architectural Terracottas: From the Prehistoric to the End of the Archaic Period [Oxford 1994]) to the Italic one. She continues to focus on early developments: the present work begins with the earliest roofs (ca. 650 B.C.E.) and concludes with the shift from figural to floral motifs and more standardized production ca. 510 B.C.E. As in the previous book, this one takes both a chronological and a regional approach.