The Shield of Garibaldi. Ettore Ximenes and the Celebration of the Garibaldian Myth

CYCLE: Reintegrations: from deposits to the visitor route
SPEAKER: Valerio Terraroli
DATE: Thursday 18 December, 6 pm

The sculpture, modeled by the Sicilian Ettore Ximenes, was donated to Giuseppe Garibaldi by the Sicilian people on May 11, 1878. It stands as a rare example from the late 19th century that revives the parade shield model, with a full-length portrait of the leader at the center, the names of the Sicilian cities conquered on the sides, and, engraved on the border, the names of the Garibaldian fighters who participated in the Expedition of the Thousand. The catalog entry was written by Professor Stefania Cretella.

Valerio Terraroli, professor of History of Art Criticism, Museology, and History of Decorative Arts at the University of Verona, where he directs the "Rossana Bossaglia" Research Center for Decorative Arts, Graphics, and Arts from the 18th to the 20th century, specializes in late 19th and early 20th-century painting and sculpture, Symbolist and late-Symbolist art culture, as well as Liberty and Art Deco in Italy, particularly regarding the history of decorative arts and their relationship with architecture.
Between 2005 and 2010, he conceived and curated the five-volume Arte del XX secolo published by Skira, with the support of Unicredit.
In 2012, he published the five-volume ARTE history of art manual (Rizzoli/Bompiani and Skira), and in 2022, he released a second five-volume history of art manual, L'occhio dell'arte (Rizzoli – Mondadori).

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