Dominae and fashion: Fulvia Plautilla, fleeting wonder at the court of Severi
After the rise of Septimius Severus and the end of the civil war, the new emperor had to surround himself with reliable men of undoubted loyalty. One of them was Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, relative of Severus and prefect of the
Stories of St. Mark Square. Symbol, pride and mirror of the Republic
You may recall that in a previous post, we dealt with the routes through which many ancient marbles reached Venice. In reality, coloured marble has travelled extensively from the classical period untill today, greatly appreciated for its beauty, symbolic meaning,
Each object is a journey. Revived marbles
The walls of Venetian palaces and the museum halls preserve many recognizable traces of the reuse of archaeological materials from the Hellenic Levant. It is the case of two Cretan interstate stelae, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Venice. The
SUNDAY IN MUSEUM
On Sunday, July 3rd the initiative of the Ministry of Culture is back: “Sunday in museum” with FREE ENTRY in all National Museums. The Archaeological Museum is involved in the initiative BUT…free entry is not exceptional. On the occasion of the
Stories of St. Mark’s Square
A courtyard of antiquities For just over a month, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa has been looking thoughtfully at a large marble iPhone. It happens in the courtyard of the National Archaeological Museum of Venice, where Marc Quinn Stele marks the beginning of the HISTORYNOW
