The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, and Columbia University present
The 2023 Workshop of Etruscan and Italic Art
Organized by John Hopkins (NYU) and Francesco de Angelis (Columbia)
Thursday, May 4, 2023 – Saturday, May 6, 2023
This year’s New York Workshop of Etruscan and Italic Art will center on the extraordinary discovery in 2022 of votive offerings from a healing sanctuary at the site of San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy. On Thursday, May 4, Jacopo Tabolli, director of excavations, will give a keynote lecture open to the public. On Friday, specialists will gather in the morning for a roundtable discussion on healing, the body and votive offerings; in the afternoon, we will have talks on Etruscan mirrors, gems, and sarcophagi. On Saturday morning, we will hold a celebration of the life and work of Larissa Bonfante, an inspiration and model for Etruscologists in the United States and in New York especially, where she received her PhD from Columbia and became an esteemed faculty member in the Department of Classics at NYU.
Please note space is limited for in-person events and reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Thursday, May 4
New York University
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center
53 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
6:00 pm Keynote Address
"Gods from the Mud: The Discovery of Etruscan and Roman Bronze Statues at San Casciano dei Bagni (Italy)"
Jacopo Tabolli (Università per Stranieri di Siena)
***We have reached capacity for in-person attendance. However, due to high demand, this event will also be offered online. RSVP FOR ONLINE ATTENDANCE.***
In the summer of 2022, a team of archaeologists led by Jacopo Tabolli, uncovered dozens of bronze sculptures in a spectacular deposit at a healing cult in the hill town of San Casciano dei Bagni, just north of Orvieto, Italy. The discovery has been hailed as perhaps the most important archaeological find in Italy in a generation, even as important as the Riace Bronzes in southern Italy. This keynote lecture is the first presentation of the finds outside of Italy. Tabolli will speak about his team's excavation of the site over the past several years, the discovery of the architecture of an Etruscan and Roman healing cult, and the remarkable uncovering of impressive and meaningful sculptures in bronze.
7:15pm Reception
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Friday, May 5
Columbia University
Schermerhorn Hall, Room 807
1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
9:00-9:30am — Coffee and check-in
9:30-11:30am — Roundtable
The Thermo-Mineral Sanctuary of Bagno Grande between the Etruscans and the Romans: Water before Context – Context before Artifacts.
Jacopo Tabolli (Università per Stranieri di Siena)
Reflections: Claire Bubb (New York University/ISAW), Mary-Evelyn Farrior (Columbia University), Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton University), Jean McIntosh Turfa (University of Pennsylvania), Ittai Weinryb (Bard Graduate Center)
11:30am-12:00pm — Coffee break
12:00-1:00pm — Open discussion
1:00-2:00pm — Lunch
2:00-5:30pm — Panel on Mirrors, Gems, and Sarcophagi
Self-Representation on Etruscan Gems?
Nancy Thomson de Grummond (Florida State University)
(3:00-3:30pm — Coffee break)
Mirrors and Monumentality: The Etruscans’ Grandiose Tang Mirrors in Context
Alexandra A. Carpino (Northern Arizona University)
The Tetnies Sarcophagi from Vulci and the Etruscan Collection at MFA, Boston
Phoebe Segal (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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Saturday, May 6
NYU Institute of Fine Arts
1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075
RSVP FOR CELEBRATION OF LARISSA BONFANTE
10:00-10:30am — Welcome
10:30am-12:00pm — Celebration of the Life and Work of Larissa Bonfante
Formal remarks: Michael Peachin, Francesco de Angelis, Nancy Thomas de Grummond, Blair Fowlkes-Childs, Sophie Crawford-Brown
12:00-1:00 pm: Reception
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This event is sponsored by the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, and Columbia University. With special thanks to the NYU Department of Classics and the NYU Department of Art History for their support.