You’re living the dream with these videos. I would be transfixed at the sheer scale of time and change these real visual and religious statuary have survived through, the fact so many people marveled and looked at these works when they were new. The closest you could ever get to that past age.
This was so incredible. I had never seen the large marble statue of a "tired" Hercules before. This is what I imagine Hercules to look like. Large. Muscular. Thick. Imposing. Still human enough, he would be weary from his tasks, but still Hercules to the end. I am impressed. The human skill to create such beauty always astounds me. If I could be half as talented. Thank you for all of this, Darius.
Omg..What a beautiful showcase of the Great namless Artists of the era that was and is today still Rome ! Thank-you for all that You do keeping our cultural heritage alive ! 👍✌️
Darius, 15 days ago I went to see most of these statues on my last Italy´s trip. Thanks for making me revive all those wonderful moments! Cheers from a fan of yours from Brazil!
Wow, Darius, I had no idea that there is so much 'larger-than-life' statuary from ancient Rome. I've been aware for years of the great Constantine fragments, the Farnese Hercules, and a few others, but not the over all quantity of so many 'grand' statues. The artistry of the ancient sculptors is really beyond words to describe. As always a great video presentation. Thank you for all yours and others' efforts in bringing the Roman experience to our times that we may grow from this knowledge.
What a great video Darius. I frequently tell people that the Archeological Museum of Naples is a must see. So many amazing (and huge) statues and other interesting artifacts from the Baths of Caracalla and Pompeii are there to behold. Highly recommended!
@@pigdroppings Hehehe, for sure he was a grand King. Ok to some indeed a God. Thank you for your idea, and yes I think he is a sure candidate. Noted! Check! ;)
It would be great if they rebuilt the statue of the goddess Fortuna as they did with the statue of Constantine and placed in the ruins where it once stood. Do you know if there is any project to rebuild more statues?
Lapis Niger was indeed tied to a special spot in the forum - but not even clear to the ancient Romans what it was all about- Romulus or another king... the spontaneous growth of vine, olive tree, and fig has the ring of truth-- and thereafter habitually replanted... The ones in the forum that you see today perpetuate that ancient reality.
Hmmm.... I guess it all depends on historic mood. I've been spending more time lately in the latter half of the empire- Septimius Severus? Of course I'd always love a chat with Augustus and Caesar...
The Romans often saw themselves as larger than life itself, so it's no wonder that large statues served a purpose in Rome. What better way to show your greatness than with a statue to let people know who and what they were dealing with on a daily basis.
For the emperors and empresses- think of how few people actually saw them... These mega statues spoke volumes about the royal family, many of whom were eventually worshiped as gods.
The amount of raw labor and materials needed to to hew rock in North Africa, transport it to Italy just using the wind and human/animal muscle power must of been stupendous! I guess that's were the armies of unpaid slaves come in.
Thanks. Statues "that were found" . . . Amazing that there can be such an utter collapse of society, and even more amazing that they are brought back today and identified.
How many of them are Roman copies of Greek originals? or Greek originals like the Laocoon Complex. Romans are known to have taken Greek statues to Rome by the THOUSANDS. The Laocoon complex is one example. And many others from the Greek colonies in Italy like gigantic Greek statues of Zeus and so on. Romans did not hesitate to even transfer colossal Greek statues to Rome, like the 12-metre high statue of Apollo from the city of Apollonia (modern day Varna, Bulgaria), and endless other examples throughout history.
The statue of Isis.. so sad they completely thrashed her face... hauntingly reminiscient of acid attacks against women that happens today... so upsetting
We just don't make them like they used to.. just magnificent works of art, keep wondering how people did it. They where masters of stone and today society is degrading just like Rome did. Darius again thank you for showing us the glory of the empire.
Really discrediting all the great work stonemasons and sculptors are creating right now and have been since rome. It has never ended / degraded in quality
Unfortunately hundreds and hundreds of perfect statues were thrown into kilns and reduced to powder in order to plaster the churches and homes of the rich in medieval times. They could have gone to the marble quarries and picked up masses of broken bits and pieces to make the marble powder. But, the plaster contractors were in Rome and the statues were in Rome....so, the beautiful marble statues were thrown into the ovens to be reduced to powder.
Dear Darius, the "Farnese Collection" which today, unfortunately, is in Naples was completely excavated between the 16th and 18th centuries in Rome, from the Baths of Diocletian, Caracalla, Domus Aurea, Piazza Campo de' Fiori and so on... .It was taken away by circumventing in a very dubious way the laws of protection of the State of the Church, amidst the opposition of cardinals, experts in canon law and the Pope himself, because Charles III of Bourbon, king of Naples and Farnese heir, also became (and above all) the very powerful King of Spain. Too powerful a character to fight. Controversy and protests also from intellectuals and artists, including Goethe, who in his "Journey to Italy" recalls and condemns the affair. In the history of Italian art, the "Farnese looting" is remembered by us as "the salutary robbery"... because, with hindsight, it would have saved these marbles from the Jacobin and then Napoleonic French robberies. What a miserable consolation! This is why, to date, the most important archaeological museum in Italy (unfortunately the Vatican museums have no longer been Italy since 1929) is not in Rome but in Naples. And we are talking about a museum, that of Naples, which certainly has no shortage of Roman, Greek and even Egyptian archaeology! It also holds a lot of material from Pompeii and Herculaneum that no one, here in Italy, for strange reasons, dreams of sending back to the Pompeii antiquarium. Therefore the modern principle of contextualization of works of art and the "as it was, where it was" for us Italians it only applies when we ask for the return of artefacts stolen or exported to America, abroad or "unjustly" detained in the Louvre in Paris. Curious fate for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the worst enemy of the Unification of Italy and the Italian Risorgimento! Not even when the Piedmontese defeated the Bourbons and united Italy under the reign of the Savoy in 1861, no one thought of looting the Bourbon collections. Not even when Rome was finally conquered and annexed to Italy, becoming the capital, in 1870, was there anyone who thought of "compensating" Rome and punishing the Bourbons with the return of the Farnese Collection (including paintings, Renaissance masterpieces today in the Pinacoteca di Capodimonte , Naples).
Could you imagine if we still did naked statues of our leaders? "Mr. Clinton, can you please disrobe and stand over there? Oh, I see you are already ready for me..."
Nudity remains a big issue in art - and in general- in our world today... In Roman times- it was normal- everyone exercising naked... and lack of stalls in bathrooms. Our concept of privacy and nudity would have seemed so alien to the Romans and Greeks.
Tutto questo mi ricorda il disegno di Fussli " La disperazione dell'artista moderno a contatto con l'antico" . (So che ho scritto male il nome dell'artista, ma non riesco a mettere i due puntini-).
can you decipher the hieroglyphs at each face of each obelisk? the vatican is known to have no hieroglyphs but doesn't it have roman inscriptions from the ancient periods inscribed on each four sides?
Finally a person by a statue, a comparison! I had no idea these statues were this large! I am almost finished with my Medusa painting. I like to do a series of style and subject, it's Goddesses, I am doing Hathor next, I think!?
This is a bit of a side bar, but what do you know about the holographic image ring found in the Flavian Trajanic tomb called the Hypogeum of the Garland? Was that a common thing? Is the image of herself, someone else, or a god? How was it made? I'm not sure where it resides now but have you been to see it?
Breathtaking collection spread over a great distance. Once again, your excellent videos remind me that I’ve only experienced a tiny fraction of this tremendously iconic civilization. I guess its time to plan my next trip 😆
I have a question: Were colossal statues of emporors usually comissioned only after their deaths, as it wasn't recieved too well to give a living person godly attributs?
Thank you. Rome is an endless source of wonder !
I totally agree!
@@DariusArya then you got Etruria Florence Ravenna Vatican Venice Duomo Naples Pompei Herculaneum Caserta Paestum Greater Greece Sybaris Palermo Casignana Piazza Armerina Syracuse Riace Bronzes Uffici Galleries Rhegium Museum Huge Villas all over it never ends
What a great tour of the colossal statues of Rome! Really peak my intrest.
Thanks for watching. Lot more colossal statues to share in a follow up video!
So very interesting, such a wonderful discovery and collection! thank you Darius!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He always shows us new wonders that we are not aware of.
You’re living the dream with these videos. I would be transfixed at the sheer scale of time and change these real visual and religious statuary have survived through, the fact so many people marveled and looked at these works when they were new. The closest you could ever get to that past age.
I always wonder who was behind the beauty of the statue? How long did it take to create? What was his inspiration?
Lot of fun exploring an ever more crowded Rome!
This was so incredible. I had never seen the large marble statue of a "tired" Hercules before. This is what I imagine Hercules to look like. Large. Muscular. Thick. Imposing. Still human enough, he would be weary from his tasks, but still Hercules to the end. I am impressed. The human skill to create such beauty always astounds me. If I could be half as talented. Thank you for all of this, Darius.
Yes, the whole Farnese collection is so impressive!
Awesome video Darius. Thank you.
My pleasure!
The bath house of Caracala never disappoints! As a Artist who paints I am in awe of sculptures!!!😮
Darius, LOVED this video! Need to go back soon, and include more time in Naples for that museum in particular. It looks gorgeous!
Please do! It is AMAZING!
6:33 I don’t think anyone will believe that a sculptor capable of creating such a masterpiece made such a poor signature
Omg..What a beautiful showcase of the Great namless Artists of the era that was and is today still Rome ! Thank-you for all that You do keeping our cultural heritage alive ! 👍✌️
Glad you enjoyed it. At least Glycon signed his Hercules statue!
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Yeap !!! We MUST turn back to Clasic Culture.......☝️☝️☝️
Darius, 15 days ago I went to see most of these statues on my last Italy´s trip. Thanks for making me revive all those wonderful moments! Cheers from a fan of yours from Brazil!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
The detail in the muscles and veins blows my mind, that they could carve that in stone! I've watched this video at least 3 times haha
It is sad so many great works of art were destroyed in the past for no reason other than to destroy.
Wow, Darius, I had no idea that there is so much 'larger-than-life' statuary from ancient Rome. I've been aware for years of the great Constantine fragments, the Farnese Hercules, and a few others, but not the over all quantity of so many 'grand' statues. The artistry of the ancient sculptors is really beyond words to describe. As always a great video presentation. Thank you for all yours and others' efforts in bringing the Roman experience to our times that we may grow from this knowledge.
Thank you. Lot more to share on the colossal subject! Will delve later into technique and process...
Great video !
Glad you enjoyed it
What a great video Darius. I frequently tell people that the Archeological Museum of Naples is a must see. So many amazing (and huge) statues and other interesting artifacts from the Baths of Caracalla and Pompeii are there to behold. Highly recommended!
Yes indeed- great museum to be matched with visits to the sites!
AMAZING 😮
*Here comes yet another member of the Pointless Arrow in the Thumbnail Brigade!*
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Remember the open mouthed thumbnail 😯 brigade
Thank you for completely enunciating the words you use when describing these pieces!
Excellent video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Great
Thank you Darius! Another good one! Keep them rolling!
Thanks, will do!
Very cool!
Great Video
6:02 6:08 8:06 8:57
Colossal statues of Rome museum tour by Darius Arya Digs (archaeologist) (Apr 29, 2024).
they are remarkably well preserved. Moving these giant statues is an accomplishment in itself!
And the level of preservation is incredible
It's amazing they accomplished so much when so many of them had no arms.
As a sculptor I dream of creating at least one colossal in my life time lol. Now to find a God ;) Thank you so much Sir. This is awesome!
Nice! Good luck!
ELVIS
@@pigdroppings Hehehe, for sure he was a grand King. Ok to some indeed a God. Thank you for your idea, and yes I think he is a sure candidate. Noted! Check! ;)
Lovely
This is why i ❤ playing CAESAR iII on computer 😊
Great.
It would be great if they rebuilt the statue of the goddess Fortuna as they did with the statue of Constantine and placed in the ruins where it once stood. Do you know if there is any project to rebuild more statues?
Haven't heard of any - but surely there will be others (like the Constantine)- but in neutral environment... don't' want a Disneyland effect..
@@DariusArya If you're right, excited to know what the next one would be. And thanks for the videos, always great quality.
The Romans were so advance 2000 years before us.
With an army of artisans!
Love how the ancient Romans are not afraid to display nakedness especially male nakedness.
Do the Capitoline Museums not permit videos?
Can we talk about the mosaic floor!?😮
*Why the stupid arrow in the thumbnail? Is it something RUclips forces you to do?*
*(Channel blocked)*
hi darius anything on myth /legendary areas and the real sites eg lapis niger, lacus curtius the three tress in the forum etc would love that thanks
Lapis Niger was indeed tied to a special spot in the forum - but not even clear to the ancient Romans what it was all about- Romulus or another king... the spontaneous growth of vine, olive tree, and fig has the ring of truth-- and thereafter habitually replanted... The ones in the forum that you see today perpetuate that ancient reality.
If you could sit down and interview any Roman emperor Darius, who would you pick?! 🎉
Hmmm.... I guess it all depends on historic mood. I've been spending more time lately in the latter half of the empire- Septimius Severus? Of course I'd always love a chat with Augustus and Caesar...
What happened to the rest of the statue
The Romans often saw themselves as larger than life itself, so it's no wonder that large statues served a purpose in Rome. What better way to show your greatness than with a statue to let people know who and what they were dealing with on a daily basis.
For the emperors and empresses- think of how few people actually saw them... These mega statues spoke volumes about the royal family, many of whom were eventually worshiped as gods.
The amount of raw labor and materials needed to to hew rock in North Africa, transport it to Italy just using the wind and human/animal muscle power must of been stupendous! I guess that's were the armies of unpaid slaves come in.
Most sculptors - signing in Greek vs. Latin- were in the imperial period Roman citizens - (as well as keeping Greek identity) ...
Another amazing video.We appreciate the trip, but I'm no expert.I'm just a couch potato but a lot of the statues evidently have hamburgers
@8:06 and the colossal statue of Antinous-as-Dionysus!! (or at least his perky backside...)
I've got Questions....LOTS of QUESTIONS!!!!!! 🤔
Too bad we don't know the names of the superb artists who created these works of art. The Romans did everything big, happily.
My amico vecchio Marforio needs a bath.
Was recently restored by Swarovski...
Wait till they excavate All The Domus Aurea and all the buried statues come to the surface
So true!
Why are they Colossal ?....bcoz they're actual frozen Giants😳🤔
Non Human made
Nigdy v ie było odpowiednim imperium poprzez zdrady.
Thanks. Statues "that were found" . . . Amazing that there can be such an utter collapse of society, and even more amazing that they are brought back today and identified.
Here we go❤ i love history, thank you for your content ❤ with lots of love and respect from Orange County California 🇺🇸
Thanks for watching!
How many of them are Roman copies of Greek originals? or Greek originals like the Laocoon Complex. Romans are known to have taken Greek statues to Rome by the THOUSANDS. The Laocoon complex is one example. And many others from the Greek colonies in Italy like gigantic Greek statues of Zeus and so on. Romans did not hesitate to even transfer colossal Greek statues to Rome, like the 12-metre high statue of Apollo from the city of Apollonia (modern day Varna, Bulgaria), and endless other examples throughout history.
The statue of Isis.. so sad they completely thrashed her face... hauntingly reminiscient of acid attacks against women that happens today... so upsetting
A wonderful learning channel. Thank you.
My pleasure- hopefully, we'll have some fun, too. Lot of travel on the way and local cultures- check out my Dubrovnik, Greek island, Knossos.
We just don't make them like they used to.. just magnificent works of art, keep wondering how people did it. They where masters of stone and today society is degrading just like Rome did. Darius again thank you for showing us the glory of the empire.
And I’ll be sure to share more on the colossal statuary - so amazing!
Really discrediting all the great work stonemasons and sculptors are creating right now and have been since rome. It has never ended / degraded in quality
Real art
I think Dr. D looks like an ancient Roman centurian.
Comes from living in Ancient Rome all these years
Romans certainly loved statues! It seems like they put them everywhere they could
Imagine we are missing the best ones… the Michelangelo and Bernini…
Unfortunately hundreds and hundreds of perfect statues were thrown into kilns and reduced to powder in order to plaster the churches and homes of the rich in medieval times.
They could have gone to the marble quarries and picked up masses of broken bits and pieces to make the marble powder. But, the plaster contractors were in Rome and the statues were in Rome....so, the beautiful marble statues were thrown into the ovens to be reduced to powder.
No possible way a person "created" these....Solidified Giants!!!!!
What is the purpose of "modernizing"/fixing the faces?
Dear Darius, the "Farnese Collection" which today, unfortunately, is in Naples was completely excavated between the 16th and 18th centuries in Rome, from the Baths of Diocletian, Caracalla, Domus Aurea, Piazza Campo de' Fiori and so on... .It was taken away by circumventing in a very dubious way the laws of protection of the State of the Church, amidst the opposition of cardinals, experts in canon law and the Pope himself, because Charles III of Bourbon, king of Naples and Farnese heir, also became (and above all) the very powerful King of Spain. Too powerful a character to fight. Controversy and protests also from intellectuals and artists, including Goethe, who in his "Journey to Italy" recalls and condemns the affair. In the history of Italian art, the "Farnese looting" is remembered by us as "the salutary robbery"... because, with hindsight, it would have saved these marbles from the Jacobin and then Napoleonic French robberies. What a miserable consolation! This is why, to date, the most important archaeological museum in Italy (unfortunately the Vatican museums have no longer been Italy since 1929) is not in Rome but in Naples. And we are talking about a museum, that of Naples, which certainly has no shortage of Roman, Greek and even Egyptian archaeology! It also holds a lot of material from Pompeii and Herculaneum that no one, here in Italy, for strange reasons, dreams of sending back to the Pompeii antiquarium. Therefore the modern principle of contextualization of works of art and the "as it was, where it was" for us Italians it only applies when we ask for the return of artefacts stolen or exported to America, abroad or "unjustly" detained in the Louvre in Paris. Curious fate for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the worst enemy of the Unification of Italy and the Italian Risorgimento! Not even when the Piedmontese defeated the Bourbons and united Italy under the reign of the Savoy in 1861, no one thought of looting the Bourbon collections. Not even when Rome was finally conquered and annexed to Italy, becoming the capital, in 1870, was there anyone who thought of "compensating" Rome and punishing the Bourbons with the return of the Farnese Collection (including paintings, Renaissance masterpieces today in the Pinacoteca di Capodimonte , Naples).
Great thumbnail, but why are you yelling? Was very excited but could not watch sadly.
I haven’t watched the video yet but I know this is gonna be good! 🤓
Let me know. I love compiling this list.. I have enough for a second video, as well.
Amazing , would some of the statues been painted? Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤❤
Great question. Yes, for the white marble statues (hair, eyes, clothing, even skin tone)... but not the colored marbles, granite statuary!
Thank you, I also was wondering about the eyes. The amount of time it took to make these, they are incredible !
I would expend hours and hours in that museum
Let's make a colossal statue of deified Darius
Could you imagine if we still did naked statues of our leaders? "Mr. Clinton, can you please disrobe and stand over there? Oh, I see you are already ready for me..."
Nudity remains a big issue in art - and in general- in our world today... In Roman times- it was normal- everyone exercising naked... and lack of stalls in bathrooms. Our concept of privacy and nudity would have seemed so alien to the Romans and Greeks.
Tutto questo mi ricorda il disegno di Fussli " La disperazione dell'artista moderno a contatto con l'antico" . (So che ho scritto male il nome dell'artista, ma non riesco a mettere i due puntini-).
can you decipher the hieroglyphs at each face of each obelisk? the vatican is known to have no hieroglyphs but doesn't it have roman inscriptions from the ancient periods inscribed on each four sides?
They are well known and documented. The funny thing is some are Roman-era copies with copied hieroglyphs. A future topic!
Finally a person by a statue, a comparison! I had no idea these statues were this large! I am almost finished with my Medusa painting. I like to do a series of style and subject, it's Goddesses, I am doing Hathor next, I think!?
I had to run around and get those shots - otherwise you'd have to believe me on the dimensions!
This is a bit of a side bar, but what do you know about the holographic image ring found in the Flavian Trajanic tomb called the Hypogeum of the Garland?
Was that a common thing? Is the image of herself, someone else, or a god? How was it made?
I'm not sure where it resides now but have you been to see it?
should be in Palestrina museum- haven't seen it- but it's rock crystal- portrait of god/ deceased/ family member...
Breathtaking collection spread over a great distance.
Once again, your excellent videos remind me that I’ve only experienced a tiny fraction of this tremendously iconic civilization.
I guess its time to plan my next trip 😆
Yes, a lot of great museums- include Parma!
Some Statues are incredibly well preserved……of course i will have a chat with Isis….😅
Yes!
I have a question: Were colossal statues of emporors usually comissioned only after their deaths, as it wasn't recieved too well to give a living person godly attributs?
There are plenty of examples of large statues created before the death of a given emperor.
@@DariusArya thanks, keep up the good work!
Bigger IS better.
Mars Ultor ... grant me perpetual victory.
Understanding earth is flat and the last global resets to get rid of giants, everything begins to make sense right???
Bravo fai vedere la maestosità della grande città di Roma
Sempre!