I’ve only been to the Louvre once 16-17 years ago on a school trip and these impressed me the most, i remember vividly how i was allready amazed by the massive scultptured heads walking in and it totally blowned my mind the moment i realised they were only the top of one of many pilars of a huge palace
*_You can imagine being Greek and just experiencing the absolute fear in your heart of Persian invasion while the Persians were just chillin' in their halls and having fun lmao_*
There's another very same bull capital displays in the national museum of Iran, but with very new looking. Wondering if the one in Iran is more preserved or fully renovated.
Much better preserved. It is from Persepolis not Susa. There is precious little left of Susa, since the town continued living and people broke up and reused the stones, breaks, title, glazes and the like.... In the late 1800s, French completely destroyed what was left in order to build a pleasant chateau for their "archaeologists" (vandals, in reality), who where there to remove things for the Louvres. The chateau/castle is still there today, with the thousands of breaks in its walls still carrying ancient inscriptions! You can find a documentary on that here on RUclips. Just search "Susa"
Beautiful graphics! Thanks, But pls stop saying "frightening." Impressive, is the right word. Why would a bull motif at the top of column be frightening? They were made to impress and humble, not to frighten and scare away the viewers
*_The fear that the Persians invoked in the hearts of the Greeks cannot be understated. The Greeks were filled with propaganda of Persian invasion for generations kinda like how Americans scare their children with Russian invasion during the 50s but on steroids._*
@@MadKingOfMadaya the video is about architecture an decoration. it has nothing to do with politics of fear and bullying. one thing that Persians were not, was to be fearsome an bullying. instead, they were open minded, liberal and all inclusive. remember, the first declaration of human rights was issued by Cyrus. a copy of that is now here in new york at the UN building.
@@TWOCOWS1 Dude (or gal), I know! The ancient Greeks could not outshine the shoes of ancient Persia. Modern historians will never admit that everything that Greece has mostly, if not completely originates from and by the Persians empire. But now we are seeing a younger fresher less biased generation of historians. Hopefully modern people will read their history books rather than the history books of 18th to early 20th century British and French colonialist historians. And you'd wonder why would France and Britain be biased toward Greece since they're not even Greek? Because both those nations are products of Rome but because we are more enlightened and don't appreciate what the Vatican state did to Europe for so long they praise the sources of Rome, namely the Greeks. Thanks to Alexander who burned Persepolis and everything it held we will never know the greatness of Persia but still the architecture of Persepolis tells us more than a thousands of anceint Greek texts and artifacts.
@@MadKingOfMadaya Ancient greece is a hundred times more interesting than Persepolis. Your only mad because the Greeks refused to bow down and kicked their asses back to where they belong.
Big! The museum doesn't give dimensions and it would be difficult to accurately guess since its still fairly high off the floor. I would say roughly 10 feet across, from horn to horn (though it could be a bit bigger).
They have the smoothest voices, I wish my teacher are like them
Wow they are truly amazing
My favorite channel talking about Persian Art History. U made my day
I’ve only been to the Louvre once 16-17 years ago on a school trip and these impressed me the most, i remember vividly how i was allready amazed by the massive scultptured heads walking in and it totally blowned my mind the moment i realised they were only the top of one of many pilars of a huge palace
*_You can imagine being Greek and just experiencing the absolute fear in your heart of Persian invasion while the Persians were just chillin' in their halls and having fun lmao_*
How many tons does this huge piece weigh?
Perfect, incredible ، love it.
Thanks
There's another very same bull capital displays in the national museum of Iran, but with very new looking.
Wondering if the one in Iran is more preserved or fully renovated.
Much better preserved. It is from Persepolis not Susa. There is precious little left of Susa, since the town continued living and people broke up and reused the stones, breaks, title, glazes and the like.... In the late 1800s, French completely destroyed what was left in order to build a pleasant chateau for their "archaeologists" (vandals, in reality), who where there to remove things for the Louvres. The chateau/castle is still there today, with the thousands of breaks in its walls still carrying ancient inscriptions! You can find a documentary on that here on RUclips. Just search "Susa"
Nice
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It looks more like a motherboard than a palace.
I think it is rather the motherboards that are built to look as the palace
Beautiful graphics! Thanks,
But pls stop saying "frightening." Impressive, is the right word. Why would a bull motif at the top of column be frightening? They were made to impress and humble, not to frighten and scare away the viewers
*_The fear that the Persians invoked in the hearts of the Greeks cannot be understated. The Greeks were filled with propaganda of Persian invasion for generations kinda like how Americans scare their children with Russian invasion during the 50s but on steroids._*
@@MadKingOfMadaya the video is about architecture an decoration. it has nothing to do with politics of fear and bullying. one thing that Persians were not, was to be fearsome an bullying. instead, they were open minded, liberal and all inclusive. remember, the first declaration of human rights was issued by Cyrus. a copy of that is now here in new york at the UN building.
@@TWOCOWS1 Dude (or gal), I know! The ancient Greeks could not outshine the shoes of ancient Persia. Modern historians will never admit that everything that Greece has mostly, if not completely originates from and by the Persians empire. But now we are seeing a younger fresher less biased generation of historians. Hopefully modern people will read their history books rather than the history books of 18th to early 20th century British and French colonialist historians. And you'd wonder why would France and Britain be biased toward Greece since they're not even Greek? Because both those nations are products of Rome but because we are more enlightened and don't appreciate what the Vatican state did to Europe for so long they praise the sources of Rome, namely the Greeks. Thanks to Alexander who burned Persepolis and everything it held we will never know the greatness of Persia but still the architecture of Persepolis tells us more than a thousands of anceint Greek texts and artifacts.
@@MadKingOfMadaya Ancient greece is a hundred times more interesting than Persepolis.
Your only mad because the Greeks refused to bow down and kicked their asses back to where they belong.
not sure about frightening but i definitely feel nervous or something looking up at them.. (ah! they're falling!!)..
What's the dimension?
Big! The museum doesn't give dimensions and it would be difficult to accurately guess since its still fairly high off the floor. I would say roughly 10 feet across, from horn to horn (though it could be a bit bigger).