the birth of venus
sandro botticelli
c. 1485
the
ANTIQUARIUM
art, history & curious things from the past
ancient peoples
archaeology
belief & ritual
art history
lives & legacies
geography
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the collection
☀paintings, objects and fragments that I want to remember.
irène
william-adolphe bouguereau
1897
face of mefitis
bronze fragment
potenza, basilicata
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italic peoples
✦Long before Rome became an empire, the Italian peninsula was inhabited by many peoples with their own languages, customs, sacred places and ways of life.
This is where I collect what survives of the Oenotrians, Lucanians, Bruttians, Samnites, Etruscans, Messapians and other indigenous peoples of ancient Italy.
oenotrians
southern Italy
lucanians
Lucania
bruttians
Bruttium / Calabria
samnites
central-southern Apennines
etruscans
Etruria
messapians
Apulia
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belief & ritual
☀deities
gods, goddesses and divine beings whose names, images and sanctuaries survive.
offerings
votive bronzes, terracotta figures, jewellery, food offerings and sacred deposits.
mysteries
ritual practices and religious traditions that remain partly hidden from us.
the heavens
sun, moon, stars, seasons and the celestial imagery that shaped ancient sacred worlds.