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Etruscan News 20 Volume 20 20th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Winter 2018 XXIX Conference of Etruscan and of Giacomo Devoto and Luisa Banti, Italic Studies and where he eventually became Luisa L’Etruria delle necropoli Banti’s successor as Professor of Etruscan Studies at the University of rupestri Florence. Tuscania-Viterbo For twenty years he was the October 26-28, 2017 President of the National Institute of Reviewed by Sara Costantini Etruscan and Italic Studies, with me at his side as Vice President, and for ten From 26 to 28 October, the XXIX years he was head of the historic Conference of Etruscan and Italic Etruscan Academy of Cortona as its Studies, entitled “The Etruria of the Lucumo. He had long directed, along- Rock-Cut Tombs,” took place in side Massimo Pallottino, the Course of Tuscania and Viterbo. The many schol- Etruscology and Italic Antiquities of the ars who attended the meeting were able University for Foreigners of Perugia, to take stock of the new knowledge and and was for some years President of the the problems that have arisen, 45 years Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae after the first conference dedicated to Classicae (LIMC), for which he wrote interior Etruria. The first day’s activi- more than twenty entries. ties, which took place in the Rivellino Cortona, member of the Accademia dei Giovannangelo His activity as field archaeologist Theater “Veriano Luchetti” of Tuscania, Lincei and President of the National Camporeale included the uninterrupted direction, with excellent acoustics, had as their Institute of Etruscan and Italic Studies; 1933-2017 since 1980, of the excavation of the main theme the historical and archaeo- he died on July 1 of this year. He had A Remembrance Lago dell’Accesa in Massa Marittima in logical context of southern Etruria. After strongly promoted this conference, and by Giovanni Colonna the mining district of Tuscany. No less the usual greetings from the authorities, had already prepared his report. He will demanding was his work for and direc- Prof. Luigi Donati recalled the figure of long remain in the memory of those who Giovannangelo Camporeale left us tion of major exhibitions such as Giovannangelo Camporeale, Professor knew him, not only as an unusually tal- on July 1, 2017, not quite 84 years old, L’Etruria mineraria in 1985, and espe- Emeritus of Etruscan and Italic ented professor and archaeologist but after an extraordinarily active life. Born cially Gli Etruschi e l’Europa in 1992- Antiquity at the University of Florence, also for his great humanity and his in Molfetta in the land of Bari, he came 93. His research interests — as shown Lucumone of the Etruscan Academy of infectious enthu- continued on page 4 to study in Florence, where was a pupil by his numer- continued on page 39 New Etruscan Gallery premieres at the Getty Villa The Etruscans – World Culture in Ancient Italy by Claire L. Lyons December 16, 2017 – June 17, 2018, Karlsruhe Castle In the winter 2017 issue of Etruscan of the thirty galleries have been 25 years ago in 1993 in Berlin a well known Badisches Landesmuseum. News, the reinstallation of the Getty redesigned and opened to the public so major exhibition entitled “The The exhibition “Die Etrusker. Villa in Malibu was announced, and one far, including second-floor rooms dedi- Etruscans and Europe” was held at the Weltkultur im antiken Italien” is held in year later the project to reimagine the cated to Roman art and the history of Altes Museum. Now the Etruscans cooperation with the Italian Ministry of displays is well under way. About half c o l l e c t i n g continued on page 16 return to Germany, to Karlsruhe, to the Culture and continued on page 18 Here comes the Sun, Usil, the sun god acquired by the Getty Museum The sun also rises on the gold fibula from Vulci shown in Karlsruhe. LETTERS TO THE EDITORS Dear Editors: Dear Editors: I want to compliment you on the I am thrilled to receive the new copy most recent edition of Etruscan News, of Etruscan News, and congratulations. which arrived last week (Vol. 19, Winter This will continue to inspire a new gen- 2017). As a long time reader and recipi- eration of scholars to continue the joy ent of the News, I have noted its contin- and contribution of “our people.” uous development in length and cover- Thank you, Larissa, Jane, and Gary all age, in the number of excavation reports so much. with illustrations of important finds, If it doesn’t short you, could you descriptions of new (or renewed) muse- please send about six - eight copies of ums and collections, reviews of recent The News so I can share with family, a books on Etruscan culture, and substan- few MN Arch people here, and take one tial articles on a variety of pertinent top- to Florence when I go in April. ics of current research. All in all, each Thanks, thanks so much. While I progressive issue offers more and more recently sent a contribution, I’ll put substance and increasingly claims the another check in the mail today…with attention of scholars in the field. The Full house at the Explorers Club in New York with Greg Warden pre- some biscotti — and can’t thank you current issue, 44 pages long, with many senting "New Light on the Ancient Etruscans," a lecture on new dis- enough. illustrations, in color, provides a clear coveries at Poggio Colla. I so look forward to reading entire indication of how far Etruscan News has the News. come from its humble beginnings. Your Congratulations and love, Barb energies in its behalf have been exten- Barbara Martini Johnson sive and successful. There is, however, more to be done: better quality paper, which is needed for better quality illustrations; a change in ETRUSCAN NEWS format from the present tabloid to one Editorial Board, Issue #20, January 2018 closer to a regular journal, perhaps in glossy covers, better for library collec- tions; and some longer articles. Good Editor-in-Chief Jane Whitehead [email protected] luck to achieve these worthy objectives, Modern and Classical Languages and best wishes, Valdosta State University Sincerely, Valdosta, GA 31698 Richard Brilliant Professor Emeritus of Art History President of the U.S. Francesco de Angelis [email protected] and Archaeology Section of the Istituto Art History and Archaeology Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Anne Steiner and co-etruscophile di Stidi Etruschi ed Columbia University Humanities at Columbia University enjoy all the news that’s fit to Italici, ex officio New York, NY 10027 print at the Explorers Club. Dear Editors: Honorary Founding Larissa Bonfante [email protected] President Classics Department Etruscan News serves many then remembered an interesting article 100 Washington Square East needs. For this writer it’s from Etruscan News on a pot painting Silver Building, Room 503 “Archaeocats,” but for classicists, your that showed the transport of horses in New York, NY 10003 newsletter provides valuable stimulus vessels nearly contemporary with the for their research. First Punic War. The student is now Language Page Editor Rex Wallace [email protected] Allow me to present one example. I looking into shipboard transportation of Classics Department recently chaired a panel on military his- large animals as a future paper, and is University of Massachusetts tory for the Georgia Conference of searching image banks for contempo- Amherst, MA 01003 Historians. A promising graduate stu- rary illustrations. dent gave an excellent presentation on Etruscan News always makes me Layout-Design Editor Gary Enea [email protected] the limits of Polybius for studying the think of the tremendous significance of First Punic War. She looked at many artifacts, and how they are invaluable different aspects of the struggle between for our efforts to interpret ancient histo- Submissions, news, pictures, or other material appropriate to this newsletter may Rome and Carthage, including how ry. Thanks for your stalwart efforts, and be sent to any of the editors listed above. The email address is preferred. logistics played a key role in victory or please keep the “Archaeocats” happy! For submissions guidelines, see Etruscan News 3 (2003). defeat. Question and answer session Sincerely, included a request for how horses and John P. Dunn Distribution of Etruscan News is made possible through the generosity of elephants were sent from Africa to Interim Chair, History NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies. Sicily. Response - not sure. The chair Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 Page 2 Letter to our Readers Dear Readers, This is our 20th issue, hard as it is for us to believe. At first we pub- lished two issues a year, so it was 15 years ago that Etruscan News was born as the Newsletter of the US Section of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi e Italici. We look back on our early hopes and plans for this publication and find that many of them have been fulfilled. We were inspired by the mission of Massimo Pallottino, who established the discipline of Etruscan studies on a solid basis in Italy and also on the international level, by founding the foreign sezioni. Today there are Etruscan sections in France, Germany, the US and Austria, as well as informal Etruscan groups active in Denmark, the Stephanòs Makedonios and Claire Lyons enjoy lunch “da Nazareno” Netherlands, and elsewhere. Here in the US we have seen the number of interest groups focused on the Dear Editors: The swastika: Etruscans proliferate, in universities across the country as well as more infor- From the Sanskrit “Svastika,” that is, mally, as audiences for lectures, and readers of the growing number of schol- Tomorrow I will send you an well-being, object of well-being, lucky arly Companions and other multi-author volumes on Etruscan art, religion, announcement about the Etruscan charm, it is an ancient symbol already society and material culture.
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