In The Papers

Nuccio at work on the Bronzi

I Bronzi di Riace

         I 'm once again in Italy. In the southern most tip of the boot. A town called Reggio di Calabria. My husband was born here and now works here at the archaeological museum. He restores archaeological artifacts. ( And that's just his day job, he also paints and sculpts his own works) For the past two years he's been working on two bronze sculptures that were found not far from here in the town of Riace. A scuba diver found them back in the 1972 just off the coast, under water, where they had been buried for the last 2500 years. They have become one of Italy's national treasures. People come from all over the world to see them, to study them. They are called "I Bronzi di Riace". Two life size Greek warriors. Nuccio has been cleaning them inside and out. They are in a special climate controlled room behind glass so the public can see him at work. It's incredible to think they could have created anything that life-like way back then.Anyway, so Saturday morning we get up, look in the paper, and there's a full page writeup on Nuccio's work. That's-a nice-a!