
Elena Calafato
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This paper represents the last step of the study of a group of Hellenistic and, in one case, late classical terracottas from the Francesco Messina’s Archaeological Collection. The terracottas represents a rather homogeneous group and the most conspicuous among the ones that form the collection. The terracottas lack of any kind of information about their origins and this is why the dating and interpretation of every piece is based exclusively on the comparison with other materials and on stylistic analysis (of which the author provides explanation and justification in the technical records). The group is formed by 23 terracottas (mainly female figures of humans and deities, a small number of male figures and some figures related to Dionysiac universe). After the general introduction about the role and functions of coroplastic production follows the catalogue of terracottas which are presented by typological order. The records are preceded by a small introduction that aims to better contextualize all the types of terracottas here presented.
Messina” (Milan, Via Cesariano).
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With this paper the authors aim to illustrate the formation of and the sequence of events concerning Francesco Messina's Archeological Collection. The main point of the study concerns, in fact, the archival records, unpublished up to now, preserved at Messina Archives: these documents shed light on the person of Francesco Messina as a collector and provide important and useful elements to retrace the history of his Archaeological Collection. Besides a concise consideration about the bound between collected items and the artist's work, a biographical sketch and a brief digression on the influence of classical art on Francesco Messina's production complete the present paper, with the aim of putting into context the Collection and the reasons behind Messina's collecting activity.
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This paper represents the last step of the study of a group of Hellenistic and, in one case, late classical terracottas from the Francesco Messina’s Archaeological Collection. The terracottas represents a rather homogeneous group and the most conspicuous among the ones that form the collection. The terracottas lack of any kind of information about their origins and this is why the dating and interpretation of every piece is based exclusively on the comparison with other materials and on stylistic analysis (of which the author provides explanation and justification in the technical records). The group is formed by 23 terracottas (mainly female figures of humans and deities, a small number of male figures and some figures related to Dionysiac universe). After the general introduction about the role and functions of coroplastic production follows the catalogue of terracottas which are presented by typological order. The records are preceded by a small introduction that aims to better contextualize all the types of terracottas here presented.
Messina” (Milan, Via Cesariano).
****** ****** ******
With this paper the authors aim to illustrate the formation of and the sequence of events concerning Francesco Messina's Archeological Collection. The main point of the study concerns, in fact, the archival records, unpublished up to now, preserved at Messina Archives: these documents shed light on the person of Francesco Messina as a collector and provide important and useful elements to retrace the history of his Archaeological Collection. Besides a concise consideration about the bound between collected items and the artist's work, a biographical sketch and a brief digression on the influence of classical art on Francesco Messina's production complete the present paper, with the aim of putting into context the Collection and the reasons behind Messina's collecting activity.