Giulio Giglioli
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Giulio Quirino Giglioli was an art historian of classical Roman
and Etruscan
art and was associated with Fascism
in Italy.
Giglioli was a student of and assistant to both Emanuel Löwy
and Rodolfo Lanciani
. He fought in World War I
, during which time he published the newly discovered statue of Apollo from Veii
in 1916. In the post-war years he held positions at the Università di Roma, beginning in 1923. There he served as professor of ancient topography
as well as classical art history. He became a member of the city council in 1935.
In the field he excavated Etruscan sites and also worked on the Fascist projects in Rome, notably the excavations of the Forum of Augustus
and the Mausoleum of Augustus. Since his work was carried out largely in the 1930s, he demonstrated the required allegiance to Fascism and to Benito Mussolini
. Giglioli has been described as "the chief archaeologist of the regime, (who) used his research to argue that the national and historical aims of Fascism were part of a continuous trajectory of Roman history." After the fall of Il Duce in 1943, Giglioli returned to the university and would establish the journal Archeologia Classica in 1948. Among his students was Massimo Pallottino
, who would pioneer Etruscan studies
as an academic discipline.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
and Etruscan
Etruscan civilization
Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci...
art and was associated with Fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
in Italy.
Giglioli was a student of and assistant to both Emanuel Löwy
Emanuel Löwy
Emanuel Löwy, or Emanuel Loewy was a classical archaeologist and theorist who employed the methodology of universal psychological sources of form in his work....
and Rodolfo Lanciani
Rodolfo Lanciani
Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani was an Italian archaeologist, a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography, and among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum....
. He fought in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, during which time he published the newly discovered statue of Apollo from Veii
Veii
Veii was, in ancient times, an important Etrurian city NNW of Rome, Italy; its site lies in Isola Farnese, a village of Municipio XX, an administrative subdivision of the comune of Rome in the Province of Rome...
in 1916. In the post-war years he held positions at the Università di Roma, beginning in 1923. There he served as professor of ancient topography
Topography of ancient Rome
The topography of ancient Rome is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology.The classic English-language work of scholarship is A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome , written by Samuel Ball Platner, completed and published after his...
as well as classical art history. He became a member of the city council in 1935.
In the field he excavated Etruscan sites and also worked on the Fascist projects in Rome, notably the excavations of the Forum of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
and the Mausoleum of Augustus. Since his work was carried out largely in the 1930s, he demonstrated the required allegiance to Fascism and to Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
. Giglioli has been described as "the chief archaeologist of the regime, (who) used his research to argue that the national and historical aims of Fascism were part of a continuous trajectory of Roman history." After the fall of Il Duce in 1943, Giglioli returned to the university and would establish the journal Archeologia Classica in 1948. Among his students was Massimo Pallottino
Massimo Pallottino
Massimo Pallottino was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art....
, who would pioneer Etruscan studies
Etruscology
Etruscology is the study of the ancient Italian civilization of the Etruscans, which was incorporated into an expanding Roman Empire during the period of Rome's Middle Republic...
as an academic discipline.