Voltri

Placed on Smith's "chariot," the strigilation pattern of "Voltri VII" suggests a carved stone sarcophagus being borne upon a wagon in a Roman funeral procession, one that would have been replete with a family in ancestor masks and hired musicians and "weepers."

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

Giovanni Carandente, the festival's curator, installed many of them around the inside of Spoleto's ancient Roman amphitheater, with the stunning and mysterious "Voltri VII" the focal point.

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

Most striking, and just as original, were two constructions incorporating wheels, especially "Voltri VII."

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

He was given the free run of five abandoned steel factories in nearby Voltri, with permission to use any old steel scraps and tools left behind there, and was provided with an experienced crew to help him make his sculpture.

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

Atop this, Smith welded five S-shaped forgings he'd also found at Voltri, placed sequentially in a regular A-B-A-B-A pattern.

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

At Voltri, Smith had used a blowtorch to write on another one of these Italian works, "Andiamo a Spoleto"—"Let's go to Spoleto."

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

Whether or not he considered these associations, Carandente placed Smith's Italian "figures" around the steps of the town amphitheater, positioned as if looking at the "Voltri VII" at the installation's center.

Forged in the Classical Tradition E.A. Carmean Jr. 2011

Then we passed Albifola, Sestri di Ponente, Novi, Voltri, and a great number of villages, villas, and magnificent palaces belonging to the Genoese nobility, which form almost a continued chain of buildings along the strand for thirty miles.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

The defeat of General de Vins gave the enemy possession of the Genoese coast from Savona to Voltri, and it deprived the Austrians of their direct communication with the English fleet.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

An Austrian commissary was travelling from Genoa towards Vado; it was known that he was to sleep at Voltri, and that he had L10,000 with him -- a booty which the French minister in that city, and the captain of a French frigate in that port, considered as far more important than the word of honour of the one, the duties of the other, and the laws of neutrality.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993