(the torso and face) and in the Heracles torso suggest that the artist understood optical deformations. The style of the statues is in the ambit of the “international” Ionic style that characterizes the Etruscan artistic culture of the late 6th century BC. The sculpture reaches a very high level of expression. See also Antefix Etruscan civilization Ornament (architecture) List of classical architecture terms Sources References External links Statue website 6th-century BC works Collections of the Villa Giulia Etruscan ceramics Etruscan sculptures Terracotta sculptures Veii Etruscan architecture 1916 archaeological discoveries