{"product_id":"in-outdoor-design-blumentopf-magna-graecia-terracotta-onda","title":"Indoor \u0026 Outdoor Design Planter \"Magna Graecia Terracotta Onda\"","description":"\u003cb\u003eMagna Graecia Collection\u003c\/b\u003e The \"Magna Graecia\" collection of terracotta objects, designed by Antonio Aricò, is a reinterpretation of Greek relics from Southern Italy in a cartoon style. Antonio Aricò, shaped by Mediterranean culture, worked worldwide before returning to Calabria, where he grew up. Greek culture is very present in this region, which is teeming with statues and artifacts. In some villages, a derivative of Greek is still spoken, more than 2500 years after the occupation...\n\nWith \"Magna Graecia\", Antonio Aricò interprets this Greek heritage using terracotta, all in a playful and contemporary spirit. \"Magna Graecia\" reflects an imaginary world that is more Mediterranean than Calabrian. It refers to the Magna Graecia of antiquity, but also to the Roman emperors and Sicilian traditions such as the Testa di Moro.\n\nTo create the numerous pieces in this collection, the designer gathered many drawings, which he then translated into volumes using 3D software. The lines of these drawings were subsequently identically reproduced in terracotta.\n\nAntonio Aricò: \"It's the first time in my career as a designer that the finished pieces look exactly as I drew them. You find modernity in them, but also the purity of traditional craftsmanship. I absolutely did not want to create replicas or souvenirs. These pieces are contemporary and conceived in a fun spirit, which is the spirit of Seletti.\"\n\nThe pieces are adorned with familiar motifs of Doric and Ionic columns, wave motifs, as well as erotic motifs, as one might have discovered on ancient vases as a child. Highlights of the collection include numerous busts and statues, carved in the style of antiquity and inspired by the mysterious \"Bronzes of Riace\", warrior statues from the fifth century BC. The designer has created female figures: women and men are thus mixed in a certain gender fluidity, as in Greek culture.\n\n\"Magna Graecia\" tells an ancient story that finds its way into contemporary everyday life through Seletti – with irony and grace.","brand":"Seletti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53792953794893,"sku":"11501","price":103.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/7634\/1581\/files\/11501_01_4eb6564a-9458-4ea9-bddb-45a1277262a6.png?v=1778179160","url":"https:\/\/bloomingloft.ch\/en\/products\/in-outdoor-design-blumentopf-magna-graecia-terracotta-onda","provider":"Bloomingloft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}