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I had an awesome time at the Twice Sold Tales and Spine & Crown today.
On Facebook, the owner of Spine & Crown has been talking about David Markham, who David Foster Wallace admired the hell out of. Haven't found anything by him, yet. But in the article where DFW said DM was underappreciated, he also went on and on about Gass and Kosinski, especially the book "Steps".
Marcus Aurelius is my new favorite philosopher, or at least the flavor of the month -- he would be disappointed to hear of my flightiness, no doubt, but gracious in accepting any flattery without being vainglorious about it.
I'm reading Sturgeon at the recommendation of a certain NJV, and the St. Paul is definitely just for reference... no way am I going to slog through all of that.
“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”
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Marcus Aurelius
Emperor 161-180 AD
Second half of 2nd century AD, marble. The torso is an 18th century Italian imitation of a Greek 5th century statue of an athlete.
Roman marble portrait of Marcus Aurelius on loan from the Louvre (inv. MR 561 - Ma 1166) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. L.2008.49). Found in 1674 at an Imperial villa near Rome (Acqua Traversa). The emperor wears a fringed cloak, or paludamentum.
This is one of three portraits of Marcus Aurelius in the Louvre found at Acqua Traversa; the villa is believed to have been owned by Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius from 161-169 CE. This portrait has been dated by the Louvre to ca. 170 CE.
H: 86 cm; 33 inches
Restored by C. Devos in 2006.
Recent Bibliography:
Cécile Giroire, Daniel Roger, Roman Art from the Louvre (American Federation of Arts, Musée du Louvre 2007) cat. #7, pp 58-59.
Roman portrait of Marcus Aurelius as an adolescent (ca. 17 years old) after his adoption by then emperor Antoninus Pius. Dated by the Worcester Art Museum to ca. A.D. 40. M. A. would later become emperor (reign: A.D. 161-180).
Worcester Art Museum inv. 1915.74
Bust of Marcus Aurelius at the Vatican Museum: HDR (from single jpg) - 35 mm SLR Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
Ancient Rome Historic Center, Rome, Italy. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Portrait of Marcus Aurelius found at Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa) that dates to A.D. 160-169 A.D. (museum dating).
Marcus Aurelius
AE Sestertius.
Rome, 169-170 AD
obv. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right
rev. TR POT XXIII IMP V COS III S-C, Aequitas seated left holding scales and cornucopiae.
Ref.: RIC 969; Cohen 822.
Roman marble portrait of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE). View from a low angle. Dated by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek to ca. 161-169 CE.
The original statue that stood on the Piazza del Campidoglio and was replaced with a copy due to restauration.
This big bronze sculpture was made in 175 AD and is strangely well in shape for that.
The statue is also so famous that it's shown on the backside of the Italian 0,50€ coin.
Part of the "Rome 2012" set.
Death - Marcus Aurelius Meditation - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
The Column of Antoninus Pius is an honorific column in Rome, devoted in 161 to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, in the Campus Martius, on the edge of the hill now known as Monte Citorio, and set up by his successors, the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
Apotheosis scene
A winged genius (or sometimes identified as Aion, Eternity) carries Antoninus and his wife Faustina to Heaven. The Emperor holds a sceptre crowned with an eagle, whilst eagles also surround them. The personified male figure (left) holding the obelisk represents the Campus Martius. Augustus had placed this obelisk there as a sundial and it was the site of the ritual of the imperial deification. The personified female figure in armour (right) saluting the emperor and empress represents Roma, and her shield depicts the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, suckled by a wolf
Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD)
AE Sestertius.
Mint: Rome, 179 AD.
obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXIII,
laureate head right
rev. FELICITA-S AVG IMP X COS III P P S-C,
Felicitas standing left with caduceus & sceptre.
24,32 g, 28-32 mm
Ref.: RIC III 1239; Cohen 186.
Seated high and proud in Piazza di Campidoglio. I think the original is in the museum next door.
The statue survived in good condition because the early Christians believed it to be a statue of Constantine.
Roma
April 2015
A replica of the largest bronze statue from antiquity. Most such statues were melted-down (so the metal could be reused) but , this one was saved since it was (historically) believed to be Constantine, the first Christian Emperor.
The display reads:
Roman Rulers of the Second Century A.D.
From left to right:
Hadrian (r. A.D. 117 - 138) and his wife, Sabina
Antoninus Pius (r. A.D. 138 - 161) and his wife, Faustina the Elder
Marcus Aurelius (r. A.D. 161 - 180) and his wife, Faustina the Younger
Lucius Verus, coemperor with Marcus Aurelius (r. A.D. 161 - 169)
Commodus (r. A.D. 180 - 193)
Hadrian and Sabina were childless, so Hadrian named Antoninus as his successor, with the stipulation that Antoninus adopt the young Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, thereby ensuring that they would someday rule. These two indeed became Rome's first coemperors. When Lucius Verus died in A.D. 169, Marcus Aurelius ruled alone until his son Commodus succeeded him.
Taken November 27th, 2010.
Roman marble portrait of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE).
Dated by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek to ca. 161-169 CE.
inv. 1424
O Universe (Stoicism Meditation) - Screenshot - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the Empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. Wrote the stoic tome Meditations.
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor 161-180 AD
Second half of 2nd century AD, marble. The torso is an 18th century Italian imitation of a Greek 5th century statue of an athlete.
Bronze statue (circa 180-200 AD) of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) in the Cleveland Museum of Art, in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.
The tomb of the Roman emperor Hadrian, also called Hadrian's mole, was erected on the right bank of the Tiber, between 135 AD and 139 AD. Originally the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden quadriga. Hadrian's ashes were placed here a year after his death in Baiae in 138 AD, together with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who also died in 138 AD.
The building was converted into a military fortress in 401.
Legend holds that the Archangel Michael appeared atop the mausoleum, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the plague of 590, thus lending the castle its present name.
The popes converted the structure into a castle, from the 14th century.
The Papal state also used Sant'Angelo as a prison; Giordano Bruno, for example, was imprisoned there for six years. Executions were made in the small interior square.
Decommissioned in 1901, the castle is now a museum, the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo.
Where the children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina were buried.
Marcus steadied himself:
"One man prays: 'How I may not lose my little child', but you must pray: 'How I may not be afraid to lose him'."
He quoted from the Iliad what he called the "briefest and most familiar saying...enough to dispel sorrow and fear": leaves,
the wind scatters some on the face of the ground;
like unto them are the children of men.
– Iliad 6.146
Roman Portrait (profile) of Marcus Aurelius (reign A.D. 161-180 CE). The portrait was found in 2004 in the area of the Qasr al-Bint at the site of Petra in southern Jordan during the French excavations there. The head is now displayed in the archaeological museum at Amman, Jordan. Inv. JP 7944.
Kurz ist das Leben! Einzige Frucht des Erdendaseins sind aufrechte Gesinnung und gemeinnützige Werke. Life is short! The only fruit of being on earth are an upright opinion and non-profit deeds. La vida es corta. La sola fruta del ser sobre la terra son un recto modo de pensar y hechos sin fines lucrativos.
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Portrait bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121 AD – 180 AD, reigned 161 AD - 180 AD). Marble with traces of paint. 2nd Century AD. Roman. Vienna, Austria. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
Portrait head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (121 AD – 180 AD, reigned 161 AD -180 AD) set in an unrelated military body. Roman Imperial, from the Farnese Collection. Marble with traces of paint. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Napoli, Campania, Italy. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.