Vittoriano
VIVE – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia has extended the exhibition section tracing the history of Rome from the early modern period to the present day.
In response to strong public interest, VIVE – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia has decided to extend its section of Rome in Coins: Art and Power in the History of the Eternal City until 8 November.
From the outset, Rome in Coins was conceived as a project comprising three interrelated chronological sections, each of which can also be visited independently.
«The decision to extend the section at the Vittoriano is mainly due to the response from visitors», says Edith Gabrielli, Director of VIVE – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia. «We want to give more people the opportunity to discover a journey that uses coins and works of art to tell the story of how Rome has represented itself at different points in its history».
The Vittoriano section begins in 1471, the year Sixtus IV was elected Pope, and continues through to the age of the euro and the present day. Across nine chapters, coins introduce visitors to the city’s transformations: from papal Rome to the capital of the Kingdom of Italy and then of the Italian Republic, and finally to its role in the European project. The images and inscriptions on the coins reveal the ideas, ambitions and messages of those who issued them; the works of art broaden the story and bring its context into view.
Works on display include the Della Rovere Missal, decorated by Jacopo Ravaldi, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Portrait of Pope Alexander VII Chigi. The section concludes with Maurizio Cattelan’s Untitled, in a chapter that also invites visitors to consider Rome today.
The Vittoriano section will remain open to the public until 8 November.
