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The Board of the BABESCH Foundation cordially invites you to
The Fifth Annual Byvanck Lecture
Tuesday 1 November 2011 at 8.00 PM
at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands
Professor Maria Bonghi Jovino
THE ARCHAIC TEMPLES OF THE ETRUSCANS
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We know from Livy that the Etruscans considered temples as the most significant aspect of their religion. This research aims to re-examine and describe the evidence of the most important archaic temples with a general analysis of the cultic sphere of Etruscans, Greeks and other populations settled in the Mediterranean area.
The lecture is divided in two parts. Firstly, the principal theories on temples will be reviewed, including the early opinions of the nineteenth and the first decades of the twentieth century (Piranesi, Le Roy, Fenger) and the hypothesises on the temples of S. Omobono and Jupiter Capitolinus in Rome, as well as those of Satricum, Veio-Portonaccio, and Tarquinia.
In the second part, an overview of the recent investigations at Tarquinia and a hypothetical reconstruction of the temples of the Ara della Regina Sanctuary will be presented. The latter will not be based, as is traditionally done, on Vitruvius’ De architectura, but directly on the archaeological evidence.
Finally, the principal differences and analogies between Greek and Etruscan temples, according to their religions, will be discussed.
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Professor Maria Bonghi Jovino
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Prof. Maria Bonghi Jovino was born in Naples and is Professor Etruscologia e Archeologia Italica at the Università degli Studi di Milano. She was also a lecturer at the Università La Sapienza di Roma.
Besides her pioneering research on the Etruscan civilization, Prof. Maria Bonghi Jovino is known for her studies about pre-Roman Campania, artifact production in the ancient world and the history of the archaeological research on the population of pre-Roman Italy. Noteworthy is her interest in the Roman colony of Luni and the cities of Nola, Vico Equense and Tarquinia. In Pompeii she conducted excavations in Regio VI, Insula 5.
Moreover, Professor Bonghi Jovino is an editor of several scientific journals, as well as an influential member of institutions such as the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi e Italici. Unsurprisingly, she has an impressive list of publications.
Dr. L.B. van der Meer will introduce the lecture and give the opportunity for questions and discussion afterwards.
The lecture beautifully complements the exhibition Etruscans: Eminent Women, Powerful Men, from 14 October 2011 untill 18 March 2012, at both the National Museum of Antiquitites in Leiden and at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam.
Held for the first time in 2007, the Byvanck Lecture is the result of a generous donation from the bequest of the late Lily Byvanck-Quarles van Ufford, who has for many years been the driving force of our periodical BABESCH (formerly Bulletin Antieke Beschaving). The foundation set up in her name aims to further the scholarship of Archaeology and the quality of the publication she held so dear - in other words for the past to have a future, and so continue her work.
The subject of the Byvanck Lecture alternates each year between Greek and Roman.
The Byvanck Lecture is organised in conjunction with the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, and thanks to the Byvanck Foundation the admission is free.
The Museum will remain open during the evening. The following exhibitions are being held at the time of the lecture:
Etruscans: Eminent Women, Powerful Men (Etrusken: Vrouwen van Aanzien, Mannen met Macht)
Sites in the City, a photographic exhibition
For more information about the Museum and its exhibitions please visit the website at www.rmo.nl
For optimal organization, we appreciate confirmation of your attendance by contacting Ms Kim Van Liefferinge via e-mail: byvancklecture
We look forward to sharing the past with you in the future.
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