Ancient Rome in Central Park

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If you know where to look, the classical world is everywhere in New York's Central Park.
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@ps4402 3 ай бұрын

the Maine monument in Columbus Circle was the work of Atillio Piccirilli, perhaps a descendent of the Romans. The Piccirilli Brothers trained in Italy and imigrated to New York to become the first master stone carvers in the United States. Their workshop was in the Bronx. Some of their many sculptures include the library lions, The pediment on the House of Representatives, US Capitol, and the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC.

@DonaldDucksRevenge 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful works

@peanut422hb 21 күн бұрын

🤣🤣 absolutely not. Our civilization didn't create any old world buildings. Our civilization wrote the fake stories and build wood shacks and Chinese dry wall.

@8pelagic610 3 ай бұрын

Yikes. This was great! I've walked by these features so many times, but see so many new details now. I hope you get a chance to cover Washington, D.C.

@michelleeden2272 3 ай бұрын

These architectural videos are great. Thank you.

@DonaldDucksRevenge 3 ай бұрын

I love the domestic reviews Garrett. Great stuff, great

@mrs6968 3 ай бұрын

I love these styles of videos

@spiritualanarchist8162 3 ай бұрын

Sometimes less is more. I wonder how cities like NY would have looked like if they kept more of those late 19th century and 1920/30thies sky scrapers .I've seen pictures of New York & Chicago around the turn of the century , and it was truly beautiful. The decorations, gargoyles ,all the extra work spend o decorations etc, etc, A bit of Neo Classical here.Some art nouveaux/Deco there .They felt almost like enormous European cathedrals. . And in my opinion, those older buildings looked much better then those modern square glass towers we see today.

@johnmendez3084 3 ай бұрын

Enjoy your video check out Grant"s tomb and all the monuments along the upper west side. There is an 3000 year old obelisk in central park and egyptian temple in the museum.

@random22026 3 ай бұрын

* 3,000 Years Ago!*

@nzs316 3 ай бұрын

Amazing research.

@billlombard9911 3 ай бұрын

How about Cleopatra’s needle in Central Park?

@markpappas9858 3 ай бұрын

I believe the Metropolitan Museum of Art took inspiration from the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. And then Saint Louis Art Museum took inspiration from the Met.

@paulkoza8652 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how different the technique was to put up columns in ancient Rome vs. the ones on the Met.

@raffriff42 3 ай бұрын

It was the late 1800s; the columns were probably brought to the site by horse-power (as the Romans might have done), but were probably lifted into place by steam-powered cranes.

@sicko_the_ew 3 ай бұрын

Hmm ... the distinctive feature of the English garden (of which there are many in e.g. Germany) was a break from the formal/ geometric, and the introduction of the idea of simulating natural landscapes, so I don't think they're a true successor to the Roman/ Babylonian garden. It's with the English garden that this new approach began. (Said an amateur, to be sure.) Versailles is more like the ultimate successor to the formal style. Next time you're in England maybe consider going to Stowe Gardens. It's where the new style of garden started, apparently. It's full of classical allusions, but the owners did things like create hills for the correct vista over "pastures" where the sheep are all decorative. Yes, it's all under tight control, but the look is meant to be natural. You won't find many straight lines there, or topiaries and hedges.

@SubTroppo 3 ай бұрын

On the topic of fake Rome I wonder what the opinion is on Colleen McCullough's series of epic novels which commence with 'The First Man In Rome". Just today I got hooked into 'The Grass Crown' with its diagrams and maps (hardback version). ps Are there any large mosaics in any of these buildings?

@thejeffinvade 3 ай бұрын

And don’t forget the Roman crabs holding the corners of obelisk

@random22026 3 ай бұрын

Don't you mean Greek crabs?

@thejeffinvade 3 ай бұрын

@@random22026 Roman. They damaged it trying to move it hence the 4 craps. But I do believe the current crabs are replicas.

@random22026 3 ай бұрын

It's all Greek to me...@@thejeffinvade

@CAESAR_IS_GOD_mohammadisaloser 3 ай бұрын

The Priene Calendar Inscription : Caesar Augustus The True Christ : "The most divine Caesar Augustus, we should consider equal to the Beginning of all things, for when everything was falling into disorder and tending toward dissolution he restored it once more and gave the whole world a new aura; Caesar; the common good Fortune of all. The beginning of life and vitality. All the cities unanimously adopt the birthday of the divine Caesar as the new beginning of the year. Whereas the Providence which has regulated our whole existence has brought our life to the climax of perfection in giving to us the emperor Augustus; who being sent to us and our descendents as Savior, has put an end to war and has set all things in order; and whereas, having become god manifest, Caesar has fulfilled all the hopes of earlier times."