Casa Rubboli
Casa Rubboli stands at the base of via Nazionale just before the Markets of Trajan, attached to the 13th-century Colonna tower. The late...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 22, 20212 min read
2773rd Birthday of the Eternal City
Buon compleanno Roma. Today marks the official 2773rd birthday of the eternal city. Romulus, the first king of Rome, and his twin brother...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Jun 23, 20201 min read
“Canova Eterna Bellezza”
The exhibition “Canova Eterna Bellezza” unites over 170 works to celebrate the more than 40 years spent by the artist in the eternal...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Musei Capitolini
Visiting the Musei Capitolini these days is a joy. Although reservations are necessary, the number of visitors is markedly reduced. One...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Jun 8, 20202 min read
“Colours of the Etruscans: Terracotta treasures at the Centrale Montemartini”
It has been exciting the past few weeks as museum after museum in Rome reopens. Our first foray was to the Centrale Montemartini, the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 27, 20201 min read
Late 19th/early 20th century Italian Tiles
This selection of late 19th/early 20th century Italian tiles demonstrate a range of techniques, from hand-painted to stamped and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 24, 20201 min read
The Ruins of Ancient Lavinium
The ruins of ancient Lavinium, the city founded by Aeneas and precursor of Rome are situated in Pratica di Mare. The Museo civico...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 21, 20201 min read
“Empire”: Elisabetta Benassi
Winner of the third edition of the Italian Council (2018), Elisabetta Benassi’s installation “EMPIRE” was displayed at Palazzo Altemps...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 19, 20201 min read
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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