Ricerc@Sapienza

In 2017, the book Les vases de bucchero, Le monde étrusque entre Orient et Occident was published. This monumental work is the outcome of Jean Gran-Aymerich’s 40-year research on the subject and aims at being the first updated and comprehensive study of Etruscan bucchero pottery.
This paper, using as a starting point J. Gran-Aymerich’s volume, introduces on the one hand some explorations of the fact that bucchero pottery cannot be considered simply an Etruscan phenomenon and its production must be instead read in the wider context of the cultural and economic dynam- ics of pre-Roman Italy. On the other hand, it aims at introducing a reflection on the actual value of modern typologies in relation to the ancient productive systems.