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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Ceramics, Residencies, Exhibitions, Teaching & the Arts
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
“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, 2020
- 1 min
"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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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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