We don’t always come across Mesopotamian art and that is why we decided to visit the Giovanni Barracco museum located in Via Vittorio Emanuele II. We got to see many of the pieces that Mesopotamians did, including the famous clay tablets that our teachers talk to us about. We were very surprised to see what they really looked like, and we really have a hard time imagining what it was like to use those tablets during the time they were first invented.
First, we visited the topo floor and Ms. Elisa explained several of the Greek and Roman sculptures, which were part of the museum as well. They were very interesting since they reflected the early times of sculpting as art.
Whenever we visited the bottom and middle floors our guide, Giacomo, told us all the interesting facts about the Barracco family and how the museum came to life. The Barracco family, a noble family, decides to buy may sculptures, sometimes even having original ones copied in order to own something that resembled the piece they wanted. Many of the sculptures were original, making the extremely special!
The visit was almost two hours long and we learned about the sculptures of the populations we have been studying and will study in January. Our guide told us about some complementing pieces being in the Turin Egyptian Museum, and realising we will get to see those once we visit in March.
We ended the museum visit and had lunch at Piazza Navona, since we had to take a look at the obelisk on top on the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, since it was explained to us in the Museum.
We can’t wait to tell us about our next trip! Stay tuned!!!
