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Poggio Civitate in Murlo, Tuscany, is home to one of the best-preserved Etruscan communities of the eighth through the sixth centuries BCE. In this book, Anthony Tuck, the director of excavations, provides a broad synthesis of decades of data from the site.The results of many years of excavation at Poggio Civitate tell a story of growth, urbanization, ancient industrialization, and dissolution. The site preserves traces of aristocratic domestic buildings, including some of the most evocative and enigmatic architectural sculpture in the region, along with remnants of non-elite domestic spaces, enabling illuminating comparisons across social strata. The settlement also features evidence of large-scale production systems, including tools and other objects that reflect the daily experiences of laborers. Finally, the site contains the story of its own destruction. Tuck finds in the data clear indications that Poggio Civitate was methodically dismantled, and he posits hypotheses concerning the circumstances around this violent social and political act.

Image & Context (ICON)  is the first international series that focuses on the image and the imagery in the ancient world. The most distinctive quality of the image is its unique suggestive potential. An image can both catch the viewer's attention in a fraction of a second and stamp itself forever on his mind. At the core of the series are the questions of how and by whom images were shaped and perceived, and how images functioned within and contributed to a specific cultural context. The series aims to stimulate new discussion about the visual cultures of the ancient world and new approaches towards a history of the image.

This book investigates the architecture and patronage strategies of Florentine villas in 15th century Italy.

From the Foreword by Francesco Prosperetti, Superintendent. Superintendence for the Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the City of Rome.As the head architect of the Superintendence of Archaeology, it is deeply satisfying to see such harmonybetween archaeological remains and restoration work in a historical building.Here, the two professions have found a space within which to enter into dialogue and achieve excellentresults.I must therefore praise my technicians who used their skill and perseverance to preserve and protectour archaeological heritage and thank the Italiana Costruzioni team for having the patience andprofessionalism needed to develop such an important and excellent project.The results we have achieved more than compensate for all the archaeological heritage that wasleft buried beneath new construction work last century and will give employees and visitors to thebuilding an idea of just how incredible Rome's archaeological heritage is, how it permeates everyarea of the city and just how similar it is to our daily lives.The selection of the items on display in the cabinets is also designed to show visitors aspects ofantiquity that they can most relate to, as well as showcasing singular elements such as the collectionof hairpins that shows each phase of their manufacture.The opus sectile flooring is of particular beauty: it survived both fire and the destruction of the centuriesto be carefully restored and displayed beneath a transparent floor. The same can be said ofthe mosaic room where the contrast with the modern structures that destroyed a beautiful section ofthe ancient suburban villa a few decades ago is quite striking.All that remains is for me to hope that the results of these attempts to protect and promote can bean example and a stimulus for all projects that have to balance our rich past with the need for thegrowth, development and renewal of our city on a daily basis.From the IntroductionWhy build new headquarters? Why the Villino?Because it is home, and that is what we always do!Respecting a place and its original identity, which must never be distorted or replaced with another,but must merge with the new; this must not frighten us, we must not think that a historical site shouldremain immaculate, immobile, like a knick-knack displayed in a glass cabinet. It must be lived in,inhabited, used, but also admired, because living and working within beauty is good for us, it inspiresus. The Villino with its Historical location encourages us to not lose contact with our past. This mightsignify avoiding new perspectives and challenges, remaining immobile against our own nature andagainst time, which both actually encourage us towards dynamism.A place is not just a container, a grey box where objects and people can simply be deposited.Within this sad perspective a place loses its meaning and becomes a ';no place', where depth andperspective are flattened and not even the human spirit can survive.

Urbino, Rome, Florence, Milan, Ferrara... but also Mantua and Imola, Carpi and Saluzzo, Naples and Sicily: a collection of case studies on the Renaissance renewal of Italian court palaces from a comparative perspective.