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Capitolo 8. L’apparato statuario
2022
The section contains a detailed study of the twelve sculptural pieces that were found in the "Gymnasium" complex. These include, beside two "ideal" sculptures - a semicolossal torso of the goddess Rome, and a fragmentary head of a "Vatergottheit" of small scale-, several portrait statues. Two of them (a fragment of a togatus and a fragmentary togatus wearing a ceremonial "laena") date back to the julio-claudian period, like the abovementioned statue of the goddess Rome, and are not in their originary context. Most probably, the laenatus and the statue of the goddess, coming from an official cultic context, yet unrecognized, of Rome and Augustus(?), were reemployed or discarded in the area o…
Il gusto “pompeiano” a Palermo tra Sette e Ottocento
2019
Uno studio delle principali attestazioni del gusto "pompeiano" nelle decorazioni dei palazzi palermitani tra diciottesimo e diciannovesimo secolo. A study of the main testimonies of the "Pompeian" taste in the decorations of Palermo buildings between 18th and 19th centuries.
L’interesse per l’antico e i riflessi delle scoperte vesuviane nella Palermo di epoca borbonica
2019
The Bourbon excavations ad Herculaneum and Pompeii had a substantial echo in Sicily as well, and particularly in Palermo.