Virtual exhibition on the channel “Italiana”
An exhibition itinerary and a video project recounting the construction of a unified Italy and the role of the Italian Jewish communities.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, the Jewish Community of Rome and the Foundation for the Jewish Museum of Rome have organized the exhibition “1849-1871. Jews of Rome between segregation and emancipation”, open to the public from 10 November 2021 to 27 May 2022. The exhibition has borrowed works from the most important Italian museums of the Risorgimento and prestigious private collections, with the aim of divulging and narrating the commitment and involvement of Italian Jews during the Risorgimento. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has produced a video presentation of the exhibition, made by Dario Prosperini, with the collaboration of curators Giorgia Calò and Francesco Leone and the director of the Jewish Museum of Rome, Olga Melasecchi.
The video of the exhibition is available on the channel ITALIANA
From the heroic Roman Republic of 1849 to the proclamation of Rome as the capital of Italy in 1871, the similarity between the spirit of the Risorgimento and the millenary Jewish history became evident. A common idea of redemption and identity pride led to the construction of a unified Italy and the liberation from the centuries-old confinementn in the ghettos. In a
dialogue between paintings, sculptures and documentary testimonies, the exhibition illustrates the involvement of the Jewish world in these events, with particular attention to the Jewish Community of Rome.
The exhibition itinerary, consisting of 70 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, manuscripts and photographs, is accompanied by a sound installation with music created during the Risorgimento. They are the Inni musicali in omaggio a Vittorio Emanuele, composed by well-known Roman Jewish musician Amadio Di Segni on words by Crescenzo Alatri, and Annoten Teshuà (blessing to the sovereign), traditional song of Rome harmonized by Maestro Amadio Di Segni.