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5 Stylish Statues in the Capitoline Museum

03/20/2023

Today we went to the Capitoline Museum. While it was officially opened to the public in 1734, it has housed many pieces of art & artifacts since the 15th century. In the center of the piazza lies a replica of this really cool statue of Marcus Aurelius on a horse. It is one of, if not the best preserved equestrian statue. It overlooks the Roman forum that sits atop Palatine hill.

Here are the top 10 statues with the coolest hairstyles, in no particular order:

Bernini’s Medusa, circa 17th century
Daniele de Volterra’s Bust of Michelangelo.
Every day’s a good hair day when you’re a statue.
This one’s actually ancient. It is the oldest of all the statues in this post. The hair ornamental crown is a really fashionable finishing touch to the outfit,
Most statues were covered in many layers of glaze. Over hundreds of years, that glaze wore off. We only have access to the base colors. Some statues, however, actually incorporated colored marble into the bust. This is an example of such.

 

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My favorite moment march 20th

 

Definitely my favorite part of today was going to the church of San Clemente. I loved that there were basically three layers of history. The lowest floor was my favorite. Built somewhere around 1st century AD, it was actually insane with so many winding tunnels. In the picture above is the top layer which is a functioning church.
This was one of the winding corridors of the lowest level.
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Carving

When we were in the San Clemente Church, and went down to the twelfth-century Basilica. I saw some carvings on the wall, and a thought struck me. The man who carved that was born just like us, was raised, went to school, learned how to carve, had a wife, maybe had kids, and most probably died quite earlier than we will. Let’s say our carver lived to age 50. This man’s lifespan passed almost 100 more times, and we, students and tourists, are seeing his writings. They were mostly preserved quite well, and his writing is read by hundreds of thousands of visitors every day. It is kind of corny, but the amount of people this guy touched after he died was probably way more than we can even dream of, and he was just a carver.

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Day 0/1

Attached (somewhere) is a vlog of some of our Day 0 and 1 highlights. We flew out of JFK ~11pm EST Saturday and landed in Rome around noon local time. We headed back to the hotel before beginning a walking tour of Rome that led us to Largo di Torre Argentina, the suppose site of Caesar’s famous death, Palazzo Montecitorio, home of the current Italian government, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon. We had a phenomenal dinner at Emma, before grabbing gelato at heading back to the hotel. Super excited for Day 2!

 

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