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...

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...

According to modern parlance, the nickname of the Valle dell’Inferno (Valley of Hell) is linked to the many kilns that once filled this...

The Capitoline Museums, founded in 1471 with the donation of Pope Sixtus IV of a series of imperial bronzes to the city council of Rome,...

While digging for a cistern in the gardens of the 18th-century Palazzo Corsini in Trastevere, an ancient Rome kiln, in use from the 1st...

Giuseppe Ducrot (1966) is a contemporary sculptor, official sculptor to the Vatican and a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi al...

For the archaeologist, ceramic vessels can provide invaluable clues for the recreation of ancient life. Storage amphorae (jars) allow us...

Felice Ricci was a traditional potter in the medieval town of Vetralla. His studio in a grotto was equipped with a kick wheel and wood...

A large black-figure dinos (vessel for mixing wine and water) in the Villa Giulia does not seem impressive at first glance. The exterior...

The Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna contains two important works of diverse scale of Arturo Martini (1889-1947), one of the greatest...

In the past, when a ceramic vessel ceased to function, it could be repaired or simply tossed out of the window or over the wall of the...

Like Augustus who boasted, “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”, we tend to focus on the magnificent marble...

I’ve been inspired by all the content being shared on social media in these days of #coronavirus to present a series of posts on the...