September 2019 32 checkinrome.net September 2019 | ongoing events The monthly guide for your free time LUCA SIGNORELLI AND ROME. OBLIVION AND REDISCOVERY Musei Capitolini pay homage to one of the major artists of Italian Renaissance As quincentenary of Raphael’s death (1471-1484) Rome, among the Capitoline approaches, Musei Capitolini, in the Antiquities, to admire works by the Mater halls of Palazzo Caffarelli, pay tribute of Cortona portraying Roman monuments, to Luca Signorelli. For the first time in Christian antiquities and classical statuary, Rome is celebrated one of the greatest including the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, protagonists of the Italian Renaissan- the Christ on the Cross with Mary Magdale- ce, whose high pictorial parabola was obscu- ne, the Munich Tondo, and the Altarpiece of red only by the imponderable arrival of two Arcevia. giants of the next generation: Michelangelo The exhibition’s path then moves into Orvie- (1475-1564) and Raphael (1483 -1520), to’s Cappella Nova, here carefully rendered both inspired by the master of Cortona in re- by backlit reproductions, to display Signorel- aching that unsurpassable vertex of painting li’s masterpieces focused on the theme of that his very contemporaries attributed to grace and maternal love, including the Virgin him. Through a careful selection of about 60 and Child of the Metropolitan Museum of Art works of great prestige, coming from Italian in New York and the precious table owned by as well as foreign collections, the exhibition Princess Pallavicini. highlights the historical and artistic context Following, the sections dedicated to Si- of the Signorelli’s first roman sojourn, and gnorelli’s Roman sojourn under Pope Leo X offers new interpretations of the direct and (1513-1521) papacy, and his relations with indirect connections he established with the Bramante and Michelangelo. The exhibition city. The path, organized in seven sections, is concluded by a chapter dedicated to the is introduced by Vasari’s erroneous inter- rediscovery of the Master between 19th and pretation of the artist’s true appearance, 20th century in art, literature as well as on displaying different features in the busts by Musei Capitolini, Sale Espositive di Palazzo Caffarelli | Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 the antiquarian market, with the Flagellation Pietro Tenerani and Pietro Pierantoni. Visi- Until November, 3 2019 – full price € 16.00, reduced € 14.00 and the Madonna and Child Between Four tors are then taken into by Pope Sixtus IV Tel. (+39) 06 0608 | museicapitolini.org Saints and Angels. MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT KIDS IN AIRPORT Tax Free Mall Gregory’s by the River ArteScienza Prehistory in Piazza Navona Shopping in Fiumicino On Tiber’s bank facing Saint Peter’s Basilica, Sound installations, concerts, performances “Edutainment” is the password for young The international an area of 400 square meters hosts the best and dancing shows characterize the rich agen- archaeologists who, thanks to a simulated boarding area E of musicians of the international jazz scene. Over the ye- da of the Festival, this year bearing the title “Inte- palaeontological site, will carry out real excavations, Leonardo da Vinci ars, Gregory’s Jazz Club has become the right place to ractive-Adaptive”. The project is part of the research discovering many historical finds and learning anec- airport houses the Tax express the deepest meaning of a music living on the course of Centro Ricerche Musicali, analyzing the dotes. The workshop ends with the artistic activity Free Mall, a shopping and catering venue for passen- osmotic exchange of energies with the public. On the relationship between art and science and its fruitive of drawing on polished stone. On the program: “Di- gers waiting for their flight. All passengers in transit schedule, two concerts a day: the first one performed mode, measuring itself against the aesthetic, sen- nosaur Show”, “T-Rex Lab”, “Sea/Flying Monsters or departing towards an extra-Schengen Country can at sunset, followed by the second one, to fully enjoy sory and cognitive tension that comes from the use “, “Man and His Ancestors”, “Children Discovering access the Mall, an over 10,000 square meters-wide the charm of the night. Until September, 30. of new technologies. Until September, 30. Egypt”. Every weekend. venue with 50 points of sale of the most prestigious international and Italian brands and an entire floor Tel. (+39) 06 6796386 Tel. (+39) 06 45563594 Tel. (+39) 06 68805311 dedicated the excellence of catering: a real journey gregorysjazz.com artescienza.info stadiodomiziano.com into Italian taste offering the typical dishes of Italian cuisine, from starred menus to the international spe- cialties of Asian cuisine. A Fruitful Strip of Land Waiting for the Sibyl City in your Pockets Moreover, passengers departing towards a The Franco-Italian jazz and improvised mu- With the aim of expanding musical theater’s A journey into arts, with a rich review of the- non-EU destination can sic festival, born twenty-two years ago out boundaries, renown contemporary artist Wil- atrical and cinematographic shows. Now in benefit from a 22% VAT of the risky and creative exchange between Italian liam Kentridge purposely conceived a work of art to its 25th edition, the event is conceived to promote exemption on fashion and French musicians - with the aim of imagining be staged together with the masterpiece Alexander urban spaces increasingly suitable for children, with products: clothing, le- new scenarios and connections – is back in Rome. Calder created specifically for the Costanzi Theater in the aim of accompanying the younger ones in the airport ather goods, jewelery In 2019 this musical review grew from 18 to 21 con- 1968. Articulated into eight short scenes, interrup- experimentation of new languages and in the disco- and perfumery. To get all the information on airport certs, alternating sophisticated proposals and a high ted by curtain falls, this creation, devoid of words, is very of different cultural and social realities, broade- purchases, on the shopping section of Aeroporti di rate of experimentation, performed by well-establi- declined through the projection of mottos, senten- ning their horizons and making them aware of the Roma portal, please consult the Rome Airport Luxury shed artists and young talents. September, 8 to 12 ces, and enigmas. September, 10 to 15. artistic scenario. Until September, 18. Guide, a handbook providing all the news about the ‘must-haves’ of the current season, for sale in the Tel. (+39) 06 80241281 Tel. (+39) 06 4817003 Tel. (+39) 06 41733356 exclusive boutiques of the airport. associazioneteatrodellascolto.it operaroma.it lacittaintasca.com adr.it “To ascend in the air is not human but possible” Leonardo da Vinci September 2019 checkinrome.net 32 TIVOLI AND ITS VILLAS Curiosities PICCOLA FARNESINA The recently re-opened Maritime is a It is a Renaissance building Discovering Lazio circular building surrounded by a water attributed to Antonio da Sangallo channel, so to form a sort of island pro- the Younger, and erected by the bably used for outdoor shows. Villa d’Este, will of Breton prelate Thomas Le A few kilometers away from Rome, built at the behest of cardinal Ippolito II Roy. Today, it hosts the Barracco the marvelous and ancient Latin city d’Este, represents an exceptional exam- Museum, which houses an of Tivoli shows off its intriguing me- ple of Renaissance architecture on two important collection of classical dieval historic center, its Renaissance floors, with rooms frescoed by the renown and Near East works, donated to and Baroque testimonies and the famous Mannerist painters. Stunning in its magni- the Municipality of Rome by Baron villas declared World Heritage Sites by ficence, the beautiful Italian garden hosts Giovanni Barracco in 1904. UNESCO. Hadrian’s Villa, one of ancient numerous monumental fountains famous Rome’s most important architectural throughout the world. Walking along the CASTEL SANT’ANGELO’S complexes, was built around 126 AD by paths delimited by boxwood bushes, we ANGEL the will of Emperor Hadrian, as his official meet the Bicchierone, the Oval Fountain, The bronze 18th century angel residence. The buildings made up a small the Dragons Fountain, the Hundred Foun- that can be admired on the summit town: from the Pecile’s pool to the ther- tains and the spectacular Fountain of the of Castel S. Angelo is linked to mal spas, from the magnificent nympha- Organ, still enchanting visitors with deli- an ancient legend: during the eum of Canopus, designed to host ban- cate Renaissance melodies. Not miss is races and panoramic views. From March Terme Acque Albule, fed by a natural terrible plague of 590 AD, on the quets during the hot summer days, to the the spectacular Villa Gregoriana, a fasci- to December, the Villa opens its sugge- source of sulphurous waters with anti-in- mausoleum appeared an angel Museum, shielding the most important nating natural park dotted with archaeo- stive paths to visitors who will enjoy the flammatory properties. who sheathed his sword, thus finds, up to the palaces which housed the logical and architectural evidences dating beauty of a typical scenario of XIX century symbolizing the end of the terrible imperial family and the lodgings for sla- back to different times, interspersed with romantic culture. Tel. (+39) 06 0608 epidemic. ves and praetorians. natural and artificial waterfalls, caves, ter- A few steps away, there are the famous turismoroma.it MUSEUM OF SANITARY ART Located in a wing of the Hospital of sentative of the Baroque aesthetic, with its Santo Spirito in Sassia, it displays Reate Festival 2019 alternation of comic, grotesque and tragic ancient surgical instruments, regimes; Puccini’s Turandot by EuropaIn- the first Red Cross carriage, the After last year’s success, the Reate Canto, and the show Te siento! performed reconstruction of a pharmacy and an Festival is back in Rome from Septem- by the Tango Company of Miguel Ángel alchemical laboratory.