(ANSAmed) - ROME, NOV 22 - Over 30 artworks, including
sculptures of divinities represented in toys from thousands of
years ago, will outline the theme of the daily life of children
in the Roman empire. The display has been organized by the
Uffizi Gallery as part of the archaeological show 'A misura di
bimbo. Crescere nell'antica Roma' (measuring for children.
Growing up in ancient Rome). The exhibit is scheduled from
November 23 to April 24, 2022. The exhibition space, the museum
said in a statement, describes different moments in the everyday
lives of children in the Roman empire represented by statues,
sarcophagi and daily objects like toys: birth, rites of passage
towards adult age, school, play, the relation with animals,
fears.
Among the works on display are a statue of Mercury with a
small Bacchus, restored and given back to the public after
sitting in a deposit of the Uffizi Gallery for decades, a rare
doll in ivory from the third century AD which had never been
exhibited, a toy statue of a gladiator with combinable
accessories and funeral statues from the Hellenistic and Roman
periods, never presented to the public. The exhibit, while
conceived for an adult public, also offers an interpretation for
children. Frames and cartoons of some of the artworks on display
at a lower height allow children to look in the eye their peers
from 2,000 years ago.
"The show is inaugurated close to World Children's Day, on
November 20, which should not remain an empty celebration",
commented Uffizi director Eike Schmidt. "For the Uffizi, it is
an occasion to approach an age group that is little considered
artistically, both as an object and public. Art isn't just for
adults and this show is proof, involving peers by crossing
centuries of history".(ANSAmed).
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