{"product_id":"in-outdoor-design-buste-magna-graecia-poppea","title":"Indoor \u0026 Outdoor Design Bust \"Magna Graecia Poppea\"","description":"\u003cb\u003eMagna Graecia Collection\u003c\/b\u003e The \"Magna Graecia\" terracotta object collection, designed by Antonio Aricò, reinterprets Greek relics from Southern Italy in a cartoon style. Shaped by Mediterranean culture, Antonio Aricò worked worldwide before returning to Calabria, where he grew up. Greek culture is very present in this region, which abounds 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 great Greece 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 translated into volumes using 3D software. The lines of these drawings were then identically reproduced in the terracotta.\n\nAntonio Aricò: \"It is the first time in my career as a designer that the finished pieces look exactly as I drew them. You find in them modernity, but also the purity of traditional manufacturing. I had no intention of making 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, and erotic motifs, like those discovered as a child on ancient vases. Highlights of the collection include numerous busts and statues, carved in homage to 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, as in Greek culture, in a certain gender fluidity.\n\n\"Magna Graecia\" tells an ancient story that, through Seletti, finds its own way into contemporary everyday life – with irony and grace.","brand":"Seletti","offers":[{"title":"Terracotta","offer_id":53792954483021,"sku":"11513","price":149.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue","offer_id":53792954515789,"sku":"11513B","price":159.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/7634\/1581\/files\/11513B_01_fd2f44fd-30bb-464e-8fb4-c0e4fcce9c08.png?v=1778179632","url":"https:\/\/bloomingloft.ch\/en\/products\/in-outdoor-design-buste-magna-graecia-poppea","provider":"Bloomingloft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}