A Roman Senator's Tomb (in Baltimore)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 46

  • @VanillaCat1977
    @VanillaCat1977 9 месяцев назад +17

    The Walters Art Museum is a wonderful museum. Well worth a visit.

  • @princecharon
    @princecharon 9 месяцев назад +22

    The amount of delicate stonework involved here is amazing.

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 4 месяца назад

      Amazing, yes, but stonework is made by masons, not sculptors, and is a feature of buildings, not art.

    • @princecharon
      @princecharon 4 месяца назад

      @@dixonpinfold2582 If you think buildings aren't art, you need to look at nicer buildings.

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 4 месяца назад +1

      @@princecharon Very well then, nice clothes are art too. Pretty gardens which produce an ache in the heart are art. A lovely salad is art. Decorated fingernails, beautiful sofas, well-designed forks and spoons, striking wristwatches: art. If it's attractive and nicely done with a creative touch, it's art. Got it.
      Also, apparently, La Pietà and the Apollo Belvedere are stonework, and Tilman Riemenschneider created woodwork.

  • @lesliea7394
    @lesliea7394 9 месяцев назад +7

    Grew up in Baltimore. I am certain I saw these many times with no appreciation for them at the time. Need to go back home and see them again. Simply beautiful.

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 9 месяцев назад +20

    Beautiful sarcophagi, impressive. Thanks for showing us, and for the interesting information.

  • @stepps511
    @stepps511 9 месяцев назад +8

    I've been fortunate to see these more than once as the Walters is right here in my hometown. It is a treasure trove of ancient artifacts, and admission is free to all!

  • @paulkoza8652
    @paulkoza8652 9 месяцев назад +4

    Now I have to make a visit. Thanks for enlightening me. The sculptures are amazing.

  • @AQ-jh7tk
    @AQ-jh7tk 9 месяцев назад +5

    Videos like these, up-close to this art and explaining them is amazing.

  • @nautifella
    @nautifella 9 месяцев назад +7

    What happened to the remains that were inside when discovered?

  • @d.l.l.6578
    @d.l.l.6578 9 месяцев назад +3

    I’ve been to the Walters many times. Glad you were able to make it there. I enjoy your coherent, well spoken presentations.

  • @BoomVang
    @BoomVang 9 месяцев назад +6

    I wonder who are the open mouthed heads (with jester hats?) on top of vases on upper lid

  • @416dl
    @416dl 9 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing details and superb quality of work; the insights into the Dionysian mysteries resonate even today. Cheers.

  • @conrad4852
    @conrad4852 2 месяца назад

    This was a fascinating video. First time learning about these beautiful sarcophagi.

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR 9 месяцев назад +6

    What a journey those tombs took to have ended up in Baltimore.

  • @fredyair1
    @fredyair1 9 месяцев назад +4

    Interesting, how those sorcofagi ended up in a Baltimore Museum? And my other question, what are the faces on the corners of the lids? Thank you Garret.

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse 9 месяцев назад +4

      The museum website shows the provenance. Sold at auction in the 1890s.

  • @Benjaminwolf
    @Benjaminwolf 9 месяцев назад +2

    Where are the other sarcophagi? These are incredible!

  • @svenhaheim
    @svenhaheim 9 месяцев назад +4

    Just stunning what our western ancients left the world.

    • @alexander63736
      @alexander63736 9 месяцев назад

      Romand are not the ancestors of Americans lol.

  • @DrPepperone
    @DrPepperone 9 месяцев назад +4

    Oh amazing! These look similar to the Portonaccio Sarcophagus kept in Palazzo Massimo in Rome. I guess they're of similar provenance.

  • @owenroche8426
    @owenroche8426 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful details, thanks for sharing!!

  • @jamesclayton3388
    @jamesclayton3388 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thesius head being missing but the rest being perfect, makes one wonder if someone knew the fable and removed his head?..

  • @mfranssens
    @mfranssens 2 месяца назад

    Wow they are amazing. Never heard of them before

  • @525Lines
    @525Lines 9 месяцев назад +2

    The damage to that one looks awfully specific. Do you think heads were cut off to sell separately?

  • @oiausdlkasuldhflaksjdhoiausydo
    @oiausdlkasuldhflaksjdhoiausydo 9 месяцев назад +1

    This should be in Italy. What a marvel.

  • @teslaoliveira2195
    @teslaoliveira2195 4 месяца назад

    Super!

  • @kerryrwalton7791
    @kerryrwalton7791 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you once again for this informative video! Were these sarcophagi originally painted?

  • @HellenicJohn
    @HellenicJohn 9 месяцев назад +1

    Where they originally painted or plain?

  • @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
    @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 9 месяцев назад

    That stonework was done before the Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution,

  • @DavidAmster
    @DavidAmster 9 месяцев назад

    Optime! Maximas gratias tibi ago!

  • @simplepixel5617
    @simplepixel5617 9 месяцев назад +4

    As a historian, what is your position when it comes to historical artifacts in the possession of another country, displayed in their museum? Do you think that they should be given back to the original country, as in this case, Italy?

  • @ogrejd
    @ogrejd 9 месяцев назад +4

    Can you imagine just how unbearably gaudy these must've been with their original paint? :)

  • @vincentkosik403
    @vincentkosik403 9 месяцев назад

    Too bad be can't come back to see it for himself

  • @Martial-Mat
    @Martial-Mat 9 месяцев назад +9

    That last sentence made this subject especially sad.
    I have mixed feelings about national artefacts ending up in foreign countries. On one hand, it increases their accessibility, but on the other, it feels very imperialistic and thefty.

    • @BoomVang
      @BoomVang 9 месяцев назад +5

      With everything stuck in original location, you risk total loss due to earthquake, acid rain, etc. Italy has so much similar that you can spend weeks with glazed eyes. Try going there during free museum week, visiting 4 each day and see if they seem deprived by stuff they exported.

    • @Martial-Mat
      @Martial-Mat 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@BoomVang My brother once stole £25k from me. When I challenged him on it, he said "You'd only have wasted it." That's exactly how you sound.

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse 9 месяцев назад +3

      This artefact, like almost all Roman, Egyptian, Greek etc items in museums, was legitimately purchased. I actually agree that in an ideal world significant artifacts would be displayed where they were found, but emotive and false terms like "theft" only distract from the issue. There is often a slightly condescending denial of agency to the Italians, Egyptians, etc, who sold these things.

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 4 месяца назад

      @@Martial-Mat Please tell your brother I said he sounds like a marvellous bloke. I'd like to shake his hand.

  • @rewanji
    @rewanji 9 месяцев назад +3

    I wonder how and why the Italian state allowed these masterpieces to leave the country. These would make much more sense in local or national museum.

    • @reference2592
      @reference2592 9 месяцев назад +1

      How about no. Roman Civilization belongs to all of the Western World, not just Italy. And clearly, America was willing to write checks when Italians weren't. Womp womp. Next 👋

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse 9 месяцев назад +4

      It appears to have been sold in the 1890s. Presumably that wasn't a consideration then. Perhaps Roman artifacts were simply regarded as so abundant that it was no big deal.