Exhibitions, Italy, Firenze, 27 May 2009
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May, 2009, Florence, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans at Cetamura del Chianti: The Legacy of Alvaro Tracchi, an exhibition in Italy to be hosted at the Casa di Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno: June 13 - July 12, 2009.
Opening reception: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Museo Casa Masaccio
Corso Italia, 83
52027 San Giovanni Valdarno (Ar)
ITALY
tel. +39 055 9126283
casamasacciosgv@val.it
www.casamasaccio.it
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 4-7pm, Sundays 10am-12/4-7pm
A catalog of the exhibition will be available as of June 13, 2009. For information on how to purchase, please contact the publisher directly:
EDIFIR - EDIZIONI FIRENZE, VIA FIUME, 8 50123 FIRENZE (ITALIA)
TEL. +39 055289639 - FAX +39 055289478
edizioni-firenze@edifir.it
www.edifir.it
For more information about the exhibition:
NORA MAROSI - norabari@yahoo.com
NANCY T. DE GRUMMOND - ndegrummond@gmail.com
http://www.saci-florence.edu/news.asp?s=18&id_116=122
Nancy T. de Grummond, Florida State University's M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics, and her students have uncovered artifacts that seem to indicate ancient Etruscan artisans believed that their artistic endeavors would be more successful if they worshipped their gods near their work areas and made food offerings to specific gods.
This summer in Italy, the public will have a chance to see the rare find of a cooking pot that, according to laboratory analysis, had been filled with chickpeas, and was the centerpiece of a votive ensemble, along with other discoveries at the Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans exhibition. It will include some of the most important archaeological finds from Cetamura, an Etruscan and Roman archaeological site in the Chianti region of Tuscany. De Grummond, her students and her colleagues from the conservation laboratory of Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy, are busy preparing, restoring and identifying the artifacts for display. The exhibition will be housed in the Casa di Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, from June 13 to July 12, 2009. San Giovanni was the home of Alvaro Tracchi, who discovered the site of Cetamura in 1964, and the exhibition is meant to pay homage to his career as an archaeologist.
"This exhibition will present many of the surprising new discoveries we have made showing that Cetamura has an Etruscan sacred area with altars, chapels and votive offerings to the gods," de Grummond said. The show will also include some of the material that has been excavated over the past 35 years in which Florida State has been working at Cetamura. “What has been particularly exciting,” she observed, “is to have the collaboration of restorers who help us to put back together many of the objects that were broken when offered. SACI has played a major role in helping us to interpret what we have excavated.”
Recent discoveries at Cetamura have encouraged de Grummond and her team to focus on where, and how, the artisans in the area worshipped.
"For some time we have known that the site was occupied by Etruscan artisans in a special quarter of their settlement, but now we also know that the artisans frequented this sanctuary right next to their workshops," de Grummond said. "For me, this exhibition is the harvest of the years I have been director of the site, bringing many pieces of a puzzle together into a clear view of what was important about Cetamura. We have excavated an Etruscan hilltop sanctuary and artisans' quarter of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, with all of the artifacts that provide the evidence for this interpretation: pottery, metalwork, coins, gems, rings and even food offerings to the gods."
SACI | VIA SANT’ANTONINO, 11 | 50123 FIRENZE, ITALIA
www.saci-florence.edu | info@saci-florence.edu
T 055 289948 | F 055 277 6408
May, 2009, Florence, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans at Cetamura del Chianti: The Legacy of Alvaro Tracchi, an exhibition in Italy to be hosted at the Casa di Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno: June 13 - July 12, 2009.
Opening reception: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Museo Casa Masaccio
Corso Italia, 83
52027 San Giovanni Valdarno (Ar)
ITALY
tel. +39 055 9126283
casamasacciosgv@val.it
www.casamasaccio.it
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 4-7pm, Sundays 10am-12/4-7pm
A catalog of the exhibition will be available as of June 13, 2009. For information on how to purchase, please contact the publisher directly:
EDIFIR - EDIZIONI FIRENZE, VIA FIUME, 8 50123 FIRENZE (ITALIA)
TEL. +39 055289639 - FAX +39 055289478
edizioni-firenze@edifir.it
www.edifir.it
For more information about the exhibition:
NORA MAROSI - norabari@yahoo.com
NANCY T. DE GRUMMOND - ndegrummond@gmail.com
http://www.saci-florence.edu/news.asp?s=18&id_116=122
Nancy T. de Grummond, Florida State University's M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics, and her students have uncovered artifacts that seem to indicate ancient Etruscan artisans believed that their artistic endeavors would be more successful if they worshipped their gods near their work areas and made food offerings to specific gods.
This summer in Italy, the public will have a chance to see the rare find of a cooking pot that, according to laboratory analysis, had been filled with chickpeas, and was the centerpiece of a votive ensemble, along with other discoveries at the Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans exhibition. It will include some of the most important archaeological finds from Cetamura, an Etruscan and Roman archaeological site in the Chianti region of Tuscany. De Grummond, her students and her colleagues from the conservation laboratory of Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy, are busy preparing, restoring and identifying the artifacts for display. The exhibition will be housed in the Casa di Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, from June 13 to July 12, 2009. San Giovanni was the home of Alvaro Tracchi, who discovered the site of Cetamura in 1964, and the exhibition is meant to pay homage to his career as an archaeologist.
"This exhibition will present many of the surprising new discoveries we have made showing that Cetamura has an Etruscan sacred area with altars, chapels and votive offerings to the gods," de Grummond said. The show will also include some of the material that has been excavated over the past 35 years in which Florida State has been working at Cetamura. “What has been particularly exciting,” she observed, “is to have the collaboration of restorers who help us to put back together many of the objects that were broken when offered. SACI has played a major role in helping us to interpret what we have excavated.”
Recent discoveries at Cetamura have encouraged de Grummond and her team to focus on where, and how, the artisans in the area worshipped.
"For some time we have known that the site was occupied by Etruscan artisans in a special quarter of their settlement, but now we also know that the artisans frequented this sanctuary right next to their workshops," de Grummond said. "For me, this exhibition is the harvest of the years I have been director of the site, bringing many pieces of a puzzle together into a clear view of what was important about Cetamura. We have excavated an Etruscan hilltop sanctuary and artisans' quarter of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, with all of the artifacts that provide the evidence for this interpretation: pottery, metalwork, coins, gems, rings and even food offerings to the gods."
SACI | VIA SANT’ANTONINO, 11 | 50123 FIRENZE, ITALIA
www.saci-florence.edu | info@saci-florence.edu
T 055 289948 | F 055 277 6408
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