Side Events | Etruscan Treasures. The Castellani collection between history and fashion

 

On the occasion of the exhibition "Etruscan Treasures. The Castellani Collection Between History and Fashion", Fondazione Luigi Rovati is hosting a program of initiatives to accompany the months of the exhibition by highlighting various aspects of the Castellani family and workshop.

 

The work of Fortunato Pio Castellani and his sons, Alessandro and Augusto, is intertwined with a period of great excavation discoveries in the lands once inhabited by Etruscan and Italic civilizations. Fascinated by the archaic techniques of gold production, Fortunato Pio successfully reproduced their aesthetics and launched a new genre of goldsmithing "in the style of the ancients."

 

All lectures are available on the Foundation's YouTube channel.

 

The meetings are free and free admission, subject to availability. Reservation is recommended.

The conference ticket does not include access to the Art Museum.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 25

6 p.m.

 

The Etruscans in the Castellani Collection. Mediterranean productions, gods and heroes, and female life.

 

Giuseppe Sassatelli, National Institute of Etruscan and Italic Studies

 

  

 

 

  

Wednesday, January 10

6 p.m.

 

From Object to Context, Myth to History: the birth of modern archaeology in the Castellani era

 

Valentino Nizzo, Università L'Orientale di Napoli

Giuseppe Sassatelli, National Institute of Etruscan and Italic Studies

 

  

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 17

6 p.m.

 

 

Antennas, necklaces, fire and magic wands.
A conversation with Chiara Camoni

 

Chiara Camoni, artist

Giovanna Forlanelli, Fondazione Luigi Rovati

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 24

6 p.m.

 

The Castellani: a prism of activity

 

Antonella Magagnini, archaeologist

Giuseppe Sassatelli, National Institute of Etruscan and Italic Studies

 

  

 

 

  

Wednesday, February 7
6 p.m.

 

Castellani atelier goldsmiths in Milan

 

Annalisa Zanni, art historian

Mathieu Rousset-Perrier, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

 

  

 

 

  

Thursday, February 22
6 p.m.

 

Theft at Villa Giulia

 

Maria Paola Guidobaldi, curator of the Castellani Collection at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia

Salvatore Morando, former Carabinieri Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage