“A giant among midgets, I’ve walked into a battlefield. The fighting is almost over, and the massacre has begun”. With these words Stewart (2004) begins the description of the Roman copies of the statues originally pertinent to the so-called Lesser Attalid Dedication on the Acropolis of Athens, now scattered in five cities including Venice. This ...
Yesterday, with great satisfaction, I graduated in Cultural Heritage at UTIU in Rome. I can therefore dedicate this day to pleasure by visiting the exhibition at the stables of the Quirinale “Pompei and Santorini”, thanks to the ticket kindly given to me for the occasion by Elena (“my” Lady Akrotiri). I had planned this visit few months ...