In an earlier post, we considered the stacked amphora fragments at Monte Testaccio. Today we are looking at another reuse of storage...

The illicit antiquities trade and clandestine excavations in Italy came under intense scrutiny for an almost 30-year period in the late...

An extraordinary paradox played out in the very heart of Rome and on the Amalfi coast in Vietri. In 1929, Palazzo Venezia became the...

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia is perhaps the best-known of Etruscan funerary monuments. Found in 1881 in the...

An exceptional terracotta bust by the early Renaissance sculptor Donatello (1386-1466) was on display for almost a year in the Museo...

For Liberation Day in Italia, we present an 18th-century porcelain group of the Judgement of Paris produced in the Reale Fabbrica di...

These terracotta bas-reliefs come from the “Casa delle Terrecotte” (House of Terracotta), so named for the fictile decoration of the...

In the ‘Eco and Narcissus” exhibition at Palazzo Barberini, Kiki Smith’s 2004 installation “Large Dessert” dominated the winter audience...

For Earth Day, we focus on the significance of brickstamps for the dating of the Pantheon. The Pantheon’s architectural design is...

Excavations from 1998-2000 in the Forum of Trajan led to the discovery of a Renaissance kiln that provides precious evidence for ceramic...

An artificial hill on the outskirts for he historical center, Testaccio or Monte dei Cocci (hill of terracotta shards) is composed of...

Buon compleanno Nino Caruso (1928-2017)! After his youth spent in Sicily and Tripoli, Italian maestro Nino Caruso moved to Rome in 1951....

“Forum ware” is considered the earliest glazed pottery of the Medieval West. Named after the substantial find of 80 complete jugs and...

‘Il classico si fa pop. di scavi, copie e altri pasticci’ show (12/2018-5/2019) was inspired by the discovery in 2010-15 of the...

Circa 50 fragments of terracotta sculptures were found in the Domus Tiberiana on the Palatine hill. The six heads and a single figure...

The solo show “Così è (se vi pare) (“So it is (if you like)” of the hyper-realists Bertozzi & Casoni was presented by the Galleria Anna...

Today seemed perfect to present one of the most important Italian artists of international fame, Lucio Fontana (1899-1968). A selection...

The exhibition “Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy” at the Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna was an extraordinary event in 2015 that...

Roman museums often have several display cases filled with small-scale terracotta votive sculptures, dedications in the many temples and...

In the 6th-century BC, the Archaic city of Rome kept pace with the most important advances in sculpture as demonstrated by the...