10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE CAPITOLINE»
Discover the use of
the Capitoline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Capitoline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
O Tempora! O Mores!: Cicero's Catilinarian Orations : a ...
Chapter 19 228 Cotta et Torquato consulibus: when Cotta and Torquatus were
consuls (i.e., 65 B.C.) 229 Capitolio: the Capitoline Hill, a steep hill with two
peaks, overlooking the Forum. On the southern peak, the Capitolium proper,
stood the ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Susan Olfson Shapiro, 2005
2
Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to
the Ancient City Volume I
Although the smallest of Rome's seven hills in area, the Capitoline was in several
important ways both the utilitarian and talismanic core of ancient Rome. Here
were the early city's last-stand defensive walls as well as its chief place of contact
...
3
The Classical Language of Architecture
Look at Plate 28, one of the palaces on the Capitoline Hill at Rome. Here
Michelangelo is using a very big and quite conventional Corinthian pilaster order.
But there are two special things about it. One is that it is very big - the pilasters
are ...
4
She-Wolf:
The Story of a Roman Icon
meaning and, with it, the meaning of the Capitoline Hill where the bronze was
placed. By the time the Lupa came to the Capitoline from the Lateran, the civic
government of Rome – represented by the lion – had been losing its political ...
The first was the seat of Catholic religious authority, the unfinished Basilica of
Saint Peter; the second was at the traditional political heart of Rome, the
Campidoglio or, as the Romans called it, the Capitoline Hill. For both tasks, Paul
III required ...
6
The Architecture of Roman Temples:
The Republic to
the ...
The Capitoline Temple exerted a powerful influence on Roman society for
centuries, serving as the focal point of the city's religious and political culture.
From its location on top of the Capitoline Hill, the temple dominated the city
around it just ...
7
The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical ...
Because of the pose, one cannot avoid the conclusion that, like the Capitoline,
the Medici Aphrodite was ultimately inspired by the Aphrodite carved by
Praxiteles. The weight-supporting leg and the gestures of the arms in both the
Capitoline ...
Christine Mitchell Havelock, 2007
8
Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture: ...
Furthermore, the abundance of temples that drew on this collection of elements
immediately after the Capitoline suggests that although it may not have given
birth to any one of these features, it did engender their popularity and fusion in ...
Michael Thomas, Gretchen E. Meyers, 2012
9
Displaying
the Ideals of Antiquity:
The Petrified Gaze
A sculpture that has not retained its reputation is the Capitoline Venus, on display
in the Palazzo Nuovo in the Capitoline Museums in Rome (Haskell and Penny
1981, 318–20; Havelock 1995). The exact date of the finding of this sculpture is a
...
Johannes Siapkas, Lena Sjögren, 2013
10
The First Modern Museums of Art:
The Birth of an Institution ...
CAROLE PAuL The Capitoline Museum, established on the Campidoglio (
Capitoline Hill) in 1733, was an archetype of international importance for later
public, civic art museums as the institutional type developed in the eighteenth
and early ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE CAPITOLINE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Capitoline is used in the context of the following news items.
Eden Park statue was a dictator's gift to Cincinnati
Located by the Twin Lakes in the park, the Capitoline Wolf sits close to another statue. Like its neighbor, the Cormorant Fisher cast was a gift from Cincinnati's ... «Cincinnati.com, Jan 15»
Historic Rome statue causing controversy nearly 60 years later
The Capitoline Wolf, and the suckling Romulus and Remus, depicts the mythological founding of the City of Rome, Italy. According to legend, the twins were ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Oct 14»
Capitoline Museums in Rome to Join With University of Missouri to …
“These are costly tests that we would have never been able to afford on this side of the ocean,” said Antonella Magagnini, a senior curator at the Capitoline ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
In Rome or in Pottsville, the past is all around us
Of course, there is all the resplendent glory of ancient Rome and of the Renaissance, co-existing in perfect harmony atop the Capitoline Hill at the city's heart. «News Item, May 14»
Forum Excavations Reveal Rome's Advanced Age
The newly uncovered structure appears to have been built to channel water from an aquifer under the Capitoline, one of the fabled seven hills of Rome, which ... «History, Apr 14»
Rome's best museums and art galleries
By the time the public was given access to the Capitoline Museums in 1734, popes had been amassing this peerless collection of artworks for some 250 years. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
New Exhibition at Muscarelle Seeks to Further Caravaggio Art Debate
The museum's latest exhibition, Caravaggio Connoisseurship: “Saint Francis in Meditation” and the Capitoline “Fortune Teller,” features works by Italian painter ... «Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Feb 14»
Italy's famous statue “The Dying Gaul” on display in D.C.'s National …
An ancient Roman is visiting the United States for the first time. The Capitoline Museums in Rome has lent the statue “The Dying Gaul” to the National Gallery of ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Dec 13»
Priceless sculpture of ancient hero comes to MFA
An extremely rare bronze sculpture, "The Capitoline Brutus," of a Roman statesman will now greet visitors with his piecing gaze at the Museum of Fine Arts, ... «MetroWest Daily News, Jan 13»
Art, Propaganda and Death in Ancient Rome
Much of what he did to transform Rome is still visible from the Capitoline Museums or within a few minutes' walk. The Trajan Forum was the largest and grandest ... «New York Times, Jan 13»
