groups Arte record newsflashes 2

Monday, May 21 we met Professor Donato Sicuro, we talked about his research on rionero’s finds archaeological in Budapest and he wrote his book on the history of these findings: “The finches do not sing anymore.” In a leisure trip to Budapest has decided to visit the Museum of Fine Arts to see the finds from Rionero. We did see the slide on his research, saying that the origin of these findings is uncertain, it is unknown whether these findings come from Rionero or other surrounding countries. On the trip from Italy to Hungary it is known that the Hungarian General Màtyus Isidor, came to Italy to fight banditry in the area of Rionero, or buying or going in search of these findings, being an art lover, he took them in his homeland. These findings were hidden from the family and when they passed to his nephew, not having money, he sold them. If these items come from Rionero you could call into question the origin of the country that may be older than you think. Art Group 1 (Erminia Consiglio, Stefano Angiulli, Isabella Pinto, Marialucia D’Anella, Natalia Consiglio)

FREE TIME IN ANCIENT ROME

4 giugno 20126 giugno 2012 yoranum3 commenti

FREE TIME IN ANCIENT ROME

Roman children played a number of games, and their toys are known from archaeology and literary sources. Girls are depicted in Roman art as playing many of the same games as boys, such as ball, hoop-rolling, and knucklebones. Dolls are sometimes found in the tombs of those who died before adulthood. The figures are typically 15–16 cm tall (about half the height of a Barbie doll), with jointed limbs, and made of materials such as wood, terracotta, and especially bone and ivory. Girls coming of age dedicated their dolls to Diana, the goddess most concerned with girlhood, or to Venus when they were preparing for marriage.

Some and perhaps many girls went to a public primary school. Ovid and Martial imply that boys and girls were educated either together or similarly, and Livy takes it for granted that the daughter of a centurion would be in school. Children of the elite were taught Greek as well as Latin from an early age. Children of both genders learned to behave socially by attending dinner parties and other events. Girls as well as boys participated in religious festivals; both girls and boys sang formal compositions in choirs, for instance, at the Secular Games in 17 .BC.

In ancient Rome the show and entertainment are integral and important part of public life. One of the places where the Romans met to spend the leisure and entertainment is the theater. They performed on stage actors, musicians and, depending on the show, could be the choir. The stage was shut in by a wall that had three doors, through which the actors entered and exited from the scene. The theatrical performances were free and took place during the day: the curtain fell disappearing into the pit to the edge of the stage and began the representation.

After the shows, the Romans went to the spa, they, unlike many ancient peoples, loved to take care of personal hygiene. For this reason there are private bathrooms, reserved for the rich and noble, and the baths, ie public toilets, where anyone could enter by paying a small sum, or even for free. The spa was not only to swim: they were meeting places where you were with friends, business is concluded, we talked politics, etc..

group: arte1 (Consiglio Erminia, Angiulli Stefano, Consiglio Natalia, Pinto Isabella, Marialucia D’Anella)

Giochi romani con la palla.

29 Maggio 20126 giugno 2012 isabellapintoLascia un commento

Un gioco molto comune era rappresentato dalla palla. Questa poteva essere piccola e molto dura, molto grande, leggera e gonfia d’aria oppure in cuoio piena di piume. Erano diversi i giochi praticati con le palle e tra questi c’erano: il trigon, cioè un gioco in cui tre giocatori si passavano la palla; e il luder expulsimus simile al tennis ma senza racchette. Spesso i giochi svolti dalle ragazze erano accompagnati da canti e danze.

Alcuni storici sostengono che da uno degli antichi giochi romani ,praticato soprattutto dagli uomini e chiamato pulverunt, derivi anche il moderno gioco del calcio.

Circo nell’antica Roma.

29 Maggio 20126 giugno 2012 isabellapintoLascia un commento

Continua a leggere…

Giochi nell’antica Roma.

29 Maggio 20126 giugno 2012 isabellapinto2 commenti

Nell’antica Roma ogni bambina aveva la sua bambola. Queste erano costruite sopratutto in legno, erano snodabili e ricche di dettagli, infatti avevano il viso e le acconciature scolpite o dipinte ed avevano ricchi corredi.