Civita Giuliana, a Roman villa near Pompeii where excavations are currently being carried out: plaster casts of a carpenter’s workshop, preserved thanks to the ash layers of the Mt Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD.
A city in Italy, buried by a volcano 1955 years ago, is being excavated: archaeologist are finding furniture, wall paintings, and people who died during the eruption… The city’s name was Pompeii and it had been inhabited for almost 700 years when it was destroyed within less than 24 hours.
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Lavorando su una mostra a Pompei con Francesca Ghedini, Monica Salvadori, Monica Baggio, Silvia Bertesago, Mauro Menichetti … nei depositi ci siamo imbattuti in questo ritratto che per la sua espressività mi ha colpito. Alla fine, l’amore per le “cose antiche” forse non è che la curiosità di conoscere l’altro, la nostra comune umanità… attraverso secoli e millenni 🍀
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Plaster casts of ancient furniture in the slave quarters of a Roman villa outside Pompeii… note the tools of a carpenter. The casts are made from the voids organic materials like wood, ropes and textiles left in the ash deposits of the 79 AD eruption, a unique feature of Pompeii.
Excavated in May/June 2024
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