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The Etruscan bronzes |
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The Etruscan bronzes |
| Paolo Simoncini has inherited from his father a century's long history of bronze crafting and making. Volterra, where his workshop is located, is one of the 12 federated towns of the Etruscan nation, over 2000 years ago, and has always been renown for the art of bronze making, especially for the production of those stretched figures that inspired so many artists in all times, including Giacometti in the more recent ones. Paolo is the heir of an old age craft, his family's roots are to be found in the Renaissance Florence, back to Francesco Simoncini ( Parma 1686- Florence 1753). The Simoncinis were known for their reputation of metal sculpting and metal foundry. | |||||||||||||||||
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Running
Hare Found in one of the Volterra's tombs among the dead's possession. The original is dated VI Cen BC -Roman Age- and is visible in the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum.
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Geometric Horse
The Etruscans who were traders, started an
incredible -for those times- net of exportations and importations, from
Grece to England, some of their art-crafts were found in the egyptian
pyramids or in the far eastern countries.
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Duck The duck is a recurrent symbol of the Etruscan art, it's meaning is probably related to family. Found among the dead's possession in a tumb in Volterra Dated VII Cen BC. Visible in the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum.
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Horse at step The horse was a symbol of strength and power. They were left in tombs to symbolize the power of the dead in their life. A little like in the Egyptian or in China's tombs. Dated IX-VIII Cen BC Magna Graecia
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The dancer
Dancers or offerers were considered votive statues, these figurines had the meaning of a perpetual offer to the gods. Dated end of VI cen BC
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Horse bit
Bits or ornaments like this one -this is a
detail of a very elaborate horse bit- were not meant for everyday life,
they were used in seligious processions or in official parades.
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Patera with Ducks
An amulet container with the recurring
symbol of the ducks. Dated VII Cen BC - Roman Age Tarquinia
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Woman with mirror
This is a woman figures that mirrors the
beauty.
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The
Fighting Minerva
Minerva, compared to the greek Athena, is
the goddess of life and symbol of female power, she is also the goddess
of war and protection for fighters.
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The shadow of the
evening-Long Ephebe
Maybe the most famous Tuscan artifact.
The stretched figure that inspired Giacometti and was named Shadow of
the evening by Gabriele D'annunzio, one of our most famous and
celebrated writer and poets of the past century.
It was found in 1870 by
a farmer that was working the soil in the rounding
of Volterra. Not knowing what he found, he
used it as a...Fire poker for years, until
someone recognized it as a masterpiece of the Etruscan art
and...exchanged it for a real
fire poker.
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