His work exemplifies what one concerned antiquarian described as "dangerous perfection" as such interventions-especially the painted decorations-could be so effective it became difficult to identify what was ancient and what was modern. Displayed following a six-year conservation project at the Antikensammlung Berlin and the Getty Villa, these monumental vessels also reveal the hand of Raffaele Gargiulo, one of the leading restorers of 19th-century Naples. Thirteen elaborately decorated Apulian vases provide a rich opportunity to examine the funerary customs of peoples native to southern Italy and the ways they used Greek myth to comprehend death and the afterlife.
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