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The catalogue of the exhibition held from 20 th March to 21 st June 2015 offers overview of the outstanding collection of bronze statuettes put together by the Houses of Medici and Lorraine in the course of some three centuries and now kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence. The book, which shows 171 works from the Hellenistic and Roman eras, is a fascinating exploration of art, mythology and iconography illustrated by the reproductions in miniature of Gods and Heroes (including Venus, Bacchus, Mercury, Diana, Jupiter, Minerva, Apollo, the mysterious Hecate and the emblematic Hypnos); Human Figures (such rulers as Alexander the Great, Arsinoë of Egypt and Demetrios Poliorketes, who had themselves portrayed as gods or even identified with them); Athletes and Horsemen (who were not uncommonly ranked with the gods); and Actors, Players and Grotesque Figures, who regularly mocked the world of the supernatural to entertain their audiences or the courts whose guests they were.

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BARBARA ARBEID is an archaeologist at the Superintendency of Florence, appointed to the archaeological heritage protection service. Her main research interests are the archaeology of Norther Etruria, the Etruscan bronze craftsmanship, the archaeological collecting and photography. BARBARA ARBEID è archeologa presso la Soprintendenza di Firenze, con incarichi di tutela del patrimonio. Il suo ambito di studio principale è la civiltà dell'Etruria settentroinale, con particolare interesse per la bronzistica, ma ha svolto anche ricerche riguardanti la storia del collezionismo e della fotografia in ambito archeologico.

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