Capitoline Museums - Table of Contents................. Architecture Around the World
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Group 2 - Capitoline Museums
(Pronounced KAP i tow line)
Rome, Italy
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| The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi
[palaces] surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived
by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of more
than 400 years. |
Renaissance ceiling Renaissance style ceiling  Renaissance style ceiling  Renaissance style ceiling  Renaissance style ceiling  Renaissance style ceiling |
Romulus & Remus statue / Greek meander mosaic floor Romulus & Remus statue / Greek meander mosaic floor  Romulus & Remus Suckled by a She-wolf |
  Sarcophagus with the Calydonian Boar Hunt  Sarcophagus with the Calydonian Boar Hunt  Top lid - Sarcophagus with the Calydonian Boar Hunt  Sarcophagus with the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Warrior with the spear is M  Sarcophagus with the Calydonian Boar Hunt |
 Herm: A squared stone pillar with a carved head on top (typically of Hermes), used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or a signpost. Caryatid: The figure in these two examples is in the shape of a caryatid which, usually, is a column in the shape of a female. This herm, however, is not a column.  Herm #1 Marble. C. 63 BC–14 AD  Detail - Herm #1  Detail - Herm #1  Herm #2  Detail - Herm #2  Detail - Herm #2 |
| Hercules statue Hercules is a gilded
bronze statue discovered on the site of the Forum Boarium of ancient
Rome when the remains of the temple dedicated to him were being
demolished under the direction of Sixtus IV (1471–84).
The figure of Hercules bears his club at the ready, and in his left hand holds the three apples of the Hesperides. The apples identify him specifically as a Hercules of the West, where he was the victor over Geryon. The slightly over-lifesize sculpture is a Hellenistic work of the 2nd century BCE, based on the canon of proportions that had been established by Lysippos in the early 4th century: a more slender figure than the ideal of Phidias, with a proportionately smaller head. The fineness of the head is emphasized by the close-cropped hair of an athlete.  Hercules  Hercules The figure's weight is thrown entirely on one foot. |
