Bartolomeo Cavaceppi
The sculptor Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716-1799) was perhaps the most important restorer of antiquities in Rome in the period of the Grand...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 17, 20202 min read
Reconstruction of a Polychrome Terracotta Temple Pediment
The Capitoline Museums contains the reconstruction of a polychrome terracotta temple pediment dated to the mid 2nd century BC)....
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 15, 20201 min read
Etruscan Terracotta Heads
A series of Etruscan terracotta heads in the Vatican Museum come from a votive deposit in the sanctuary of Cerveteri. Dated to the 3rd...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
Hut Ash Urns in Terracotta
The Proto-historical section of the Baths of Diocletian has an impressive number of hut ash urns in terracotta of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
“Masterpieces of Antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum”
“Masterpieces of antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum” was an exhibition presented at Palazzo Venezia in 2016/17. The...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20201 min read
Terracotta Moulds
The subject of today’s post is terracotta moulds. In antiquity, moulds could be made of either terracotta or plaster. For small-scale...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20201 min read
“Una Nota Che Non c’è”
The exhibition “Una nota che non c’è” at the Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti in collaboration with Montrasio Arte (Monza e Milano) in the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 8, 20201 min read
Two Panathenaic Amphorae from Vulci
Two Panathenaic amphorae from Vulci are on display in the Vatican Museums. The earliest one is attributed to the Michigan painter and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
“Rubbish Heaps”
“Rubbish heaps” are the equivalent of treasure troves for archaeologists, with pottery providing chronological markers and also evidence...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
"Giuseppe Tucci"
The Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci" in Rome was an extraordinary collection of Asian art founded in 1957. Until 2017,...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 4, 20201 min read
Villa Giulia Museum
Several large-scale terracotta seated statues and busts of Demeter and Kore from the sanctuary of Demeter in Ariccia were treated in an...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 2, 20201 min read
Reuse of Storage Amphorae
In an earlier post, we considered the stacked amphora fragments at Monte Testaccio. Today we are looking at another reuse of storage...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 1, 20202 min read
The Most Notorious “Hot Pot”
The illicit antiquities trade and clandestine excavations in Italy came under intense scrutiny for an almost 30-year period in the late...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Palazzo Venezia
An extraordinary paradox played out in the very heart of Rome and on the Amalfi coast in Vietri. In 1929, Palazzo Venezia became the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 29, 20202 min read
Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia
The Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia is perhaps the best-known of Etruscan funerary monuments. Found in 1881 in the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
The Bust of San Lorenzo
An exceptional terracotta bust by the early Renaissance sculptor Donatello (1386-1466) was on display for almost a year in the Museo...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
“SanLuMalinIconicoAttoniTonicoEstEstE’tico”: Luigi Ontani
Creative and multi-faceted, the conceptual artist Luigi Ontani renders himself the subject of his work. From his tableaux vivants of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 24, 20201 min read
“Casa delle Terrecotte”
These terracotta bas-reliefs come from the “Casa delle Terrecotte” (House of Terracotta), so named for the fictile decoration of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 23, 20201 min read
‘Eco and Narcissus”: Kiki Smith
In the ‘Eco and Narcissus” exhibition at Palazzo Barberini, Kiki Smith’s 2004 installation “Large Dessert” dominated the winter audience...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 22, 20202 min read
Earth Day’s Connection to the Pantheon
For Earth Day, we focus on the significance of brickstamps for the dating of the Pantheon. The Pantheon’s architectural design is...
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