#Terme Caracalla Caracalla baths

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Grazie Marco Aurelio Antonino Bassiano, figlio di Settimio Severo, molto gentile da parte sua.

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Photography of the Day - Seagull

A seagull flying over the Baths of Caracalla, in Rome. Seagull – Photo by Raffaello Palandri

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Donyale Luna at the David di Donatello film awards, held at the Terme di Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla) in Rome, June 29, 1971.

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Mosaic floor at the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, dating from the early 3rd century A.D

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Song: Munarheim - Intro

Painting: Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806–1882) - Erinnerung an die Villa Mills (1837)

This painting by Eugen Neureuther monumentalizes his memories of the Villa Mills, which was built in Rome in the 16th century. Two wall hangings showcase the magnificent view for which the villa was famous. On the left wall hanging, the Baths of Caracalla are depicted, on the right, St. Peter. The villa changed owners a few times and was continuously rebuilt and expanded. Since the villa had been built on the ruins of early Roman palaces, it was demolished in the name of archaeology in the early 20th century.

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This is the first of 10 lyric videos for Munarheim's 2014 debut album "Nacht und Stürme werden Licht".

It is an exceptional album. Genre-wise, I'd classify it as symphonic black metal with folk influences. In terms of lyrics and general vibe, it shows strong influences from German Romanticism. I have therefore used works by German painters from the first half of the 19th century as background images for these videos, and I will talk a bit about the paintings themselves as well. At first I even edited information about the paintings into the videos themselves, but they became too cluttered and broke the mood of the song. Now that info is in comments under the videos, and, on tumblr, in the post itself. I want the paintings to not just be decoration, I also want to create a connection between the 19th century artworks and the 21st century music that carries on the same philosophical tradition.

This is one of my favourite albums of all time, very underrated, and I think it's especially a shame that no one outside of Germany seems to know it. Maybe a few people will be interested in getting to know it a little bit.

[pregnant-javert]

god i just read all your gladiator 1+2 fics. im so in love with your writing! i love the style of your narrative voices for maximus and geta and the ways they see commodus and caracalla. you are characterizing the four of them and building up the world of the films in such a way that made me get very sucked in, even with each piece coming in at just under 5k words.

i think my personal favorite of the maxi/commie fics is alveus. the others certainly have their own merits, and alveus relatively has less events happening in it (just a conversation and a bath in one room), but for me, i love the interactions and the character studies at this particular point of their arcs you have set up.

im quite drawn to how commodus’s vulnerability is presented here (words and outward appearance—stark love confession and stark nudity) and maximus’s thoughts in being confronted with such vulnerability (logically trying to process commodus’s shift in demeanor with his past conduct, grappling with the instinctual arousal, on his end, of commodus’s present state) —while the two of them each still have some degree of in-character prickliness. It creates a delicious tension and fertile (ha) ground for taking their relationship into other directions besides straightforward antagonism. i also highly appreciate the way maximus is anchored here—not only is it in-character, but the self-awareness of status in the palace via his examination of the washroom items and the memory of his family is another interesting bit of tension that makes his relationship to commodus all the more interesting and complicated.

(That’s not to say i dislike the subsequent entries! I think hortus is quite sweet and incubo, second half in particular, is strong as well! Alveus is just an intriguing turning point for these two for me haha)

Anyway. Long ramble but I love your work. I read the excerpt for the next one from one of your anon asks, and all i can say is, I’m tuned tf in!!!

OKAY. SCREAM.

Lmaoooo but I have been rereading this ask over and over since I got it this morning (it's evening now) and WOW. Just wonderful! I'm so glad you love the maximus/commie and caracalla/geta fics. Ngl I was unsure how they would be taken by the fandom...so I'm soo happy they are hitting. And ngl I had to go back and read Alveus just so I knew what the heck was going on, lol. I'm glad you liked that one too. That was a new direction for the two of them, with Commodus admitting his love and Maximus almost slightly being okay with it, or at least willing to hear him out. But thank you so much for this ask anyway! In terms of future fics,,, I have a couple with C + G and then the one you saw, which is still in the works. HAHA. Anyway keep an eye out for them, I'm sure you'll love those too!

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Le due monumentali vasche delle fontane di piazza Farnese sono di epoca romana in granito egizio e provengono dalle Terme di Caracalla.

The two monumental Egyptian granite basins of the fountains in Piazza Farnese date back to Roman times and were taken from the Baths of Caracalla.

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Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali #visitrome

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The faces of the athletes in the great Roman mosaic, found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, are shown in detail. The floor mosaic adorned the exercise area. The mosaic was discovered in 1824 and is now in the Vatican Museums.

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Los rostros de los atletas del gran mosaico romano, encontrados en las Termas de Caracalla en Roma, se muestran en detalle. El mosaico del suelo adornaba el área de ejercicio. El mosaico fue descubierto en 1824 y ahora se encuentra en los Museos Vaticanos.

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I volti degli atleti del grande mosaico romano, ritrovati nelle Terme di Caracalla a Roma, sono mostrati nei dettagli. Il mosaico pavimento adornava l'area di esercizio. Il mosaico è stato scoperto nel 1824 ed ora si trova nei Musei Vaticani.

Source: Storiachepassione.it

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day 8, last day :^( - ara pacis museum and terme di caracalla

i apologize that i only have 1 joke but. מחוץ למזבח השלום של אוגוסטוס. קבעתי איתו פה.

baths of caracalla. i dont think u can understand how gigantic this place is from the pics. the walls were like 6-8 meters tall

rome 2024 masterpost ❤️🇮🇹(+i couldve sworn there was a colloseum emoji but whatevs). we mostly saw stuff we learned abt - we took the medieval european + byzantine art course together, n i took one abt greek n roman art as well. ill try to keep it 1 reblog per day. day 1 was mostly The Worst Flight In History so. day 2, churchravaganza - santa maria maggiore / santa pudenziana / the mausoleum of santa costanza / santa maria in trastevere (w gio ❤️) / temple of portunus

under readmore bc i go on extremely long tangents but hey. blorbo from my degree!

santa maria maggiore (432) - the arc depicts events from jesus's life, like the annunciation. in the top center u can see the empty throne to which he is supposed to return, on which there is a bejewled throne. u can also see depictions of jerusalem and bethlehem (which r named), under each there r 6 sheep, representing the 12 disciples. the walls are decorated w mosaics of events from abraham and joshua's life. the pic i took (n learned abt) is the angels visiting abraham and sarah.

santa pudenziana (5th century) - the apse mosaic depicts jesus preaching to his disciples, and is visually very dependent and based on pagan depictions of a symposium. behind petrus and paulus are the martyred sisters pudentiana and praxedes, who some say are supposed to represent the dual origins of the early christian communities - the christian community of jewish origin, and the one of pagan origin. st pudentiana is apparently the patron saint of the phillipines, and the church is associated w filipinos.

the mausoleum of santa costanza (325-350) - dedicated by constantine to his daughter, constantina. constantina in italian - costanza (yes i was thinking abt george the entire time). the mosaics were made before the decision on the "standard" depiction of jesus in the same building, one as light haired and young and one as older and dark haired (christos twinkos and christos dilfos, as we call them in academia)

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Aida - Terme di Caracalla

I had always wantend to attend a concert or opera at Baths of Caracalla and this summer it finally happened :).

Rome, July 31, 2019

[justthishumanheart]

Donyale Luna at the David di Donatello film awards, held at the Terme di Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla) in Rome, 29th June 1971.

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Baths of Caracalla (Thermae Antoninianae – Terme di Caracalla) are the best-preserved baths in Rome. Hosting as many as 10,000 people at once, they were started by emperor Septimius Severus in A.D. 206 and mostly completed by his son, Caracalla between 211 and 216. Water was piped from a special offshoot of the Aqua Marcia known as the Aqua Antoniniana, piped to the baths across the Appian Way not far from Porta San Sebastiana.

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ROMA-Le Terme di Caracalla-A fragment of a mosaic floor remains from these glorious Roman baths. #termedicaracalla

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Atlante Farnese / II sec. d.C.

Napoli - Museo Archeologico Nazionale

L'Atlante Farnese è una straordinaria scultura ellenistica in marmo custodita nel Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Alta 185 cm, è una copia romana di un originale greco e fu trovata nel 1546 nelle terme di Caracalla a Roma. La scultura raffigura Atlante affaticato nel reggere la sfera celeste sulle sue spalle. Il cielo è rappresentato come visto dall’esterno e a rilievo si riconoscono i tropici e l’equatore mentre con dei simboli sono raffigurate le costellazioni. Tra queste la costellazione dell’Ariete, nel punto equinoziale, combacia con la situazione astronomica del IV secolo a.C. L'Atlante Farnese è la più antica raffigurazione della sfera celeste.

The Farnese Atlas is an extraordinary #Hellenistic #marble #sculpture housed in the National #Archaeological #Museum of #Naples. 185 cm high, it is a II century Roman copy of a #Greek original and was found in 1546 in the Baths of Caracalla, Rome. The sculpture depicts a tired Atlas holding the celestial sphere on his shoulders. The #globe shows a depiction of the night sky as seen from outside the outermost celestial sphere, with the tropics and the equator in relief and symbols depicting many constellations. Among these, the #constellation of Aries at the equinoctial point matches the astronomical situation of the 4th century BC. The Farnese Atlas is the oldest depiction of the celestial sphere.

[vamporilla]

HAIR Articles: Why Italian Hair Failed

Hair - More Like A Crew Cut In Rome by Louis Fleming Unknown publication - November 29, 1970

ROME - Monica Castro was crying on the edge of the stage, not because Hair was leaving town but because it is so beautiful.

"I've been singing that finale for three months and I still cry every time" she said.  "It is so beautiful, those words, about letting the sun come in."

The 81st and almost the last performance of the Rome production of Hair had just ended on the stage of the Sistina Theater.  Six people from the audience of - well, the producer said 1,000, and why argue? - had lingered to praise the cast.

Five days later they took to the road to see if they could find any enthusiasm somewhere else in Italy. Rome audiences had been dead.

"And it's been that way every night" Franco Cancellieri, the producer, complained.

It was intermission and he was sitting in front of a bigger than life picture of a drop-out from the nude scene.

"We have averaged 1,000 persons a day since we opened September 3, which means we have played to 55,000 or 65,000."

But it is still not fun to have produced the shortest run in Hair history.  Sort of like a crew cut.

"I haven't made back my investment.  But I think I can keep the show going for a year.  Maybe, maybe I'll make it back."

Cancellieri has already put together a tour of long and short runs and a nightclub stand that will keep the cast of 29 busy through most of February.  There will be a one night go in san Marino, three weeks in Bologna, two months in Milan, and a week in the huge La Bussola night club during the carnival at Viareggio.

"And I hope to go also to Turin and Florence and to the south, to Naples, maybe to Sicily.  And I hope we can come back to Rome next summer with a more popular version.  If I can't find a place like the Teatro Brancaccia maybe I can rent a circus tent."

The top ticket price for seats has been $8, but that's not the only commercialism.  The programs peddled for $3.20.  And the audience was captive before the opening act and intermission for the projection of commercials in living color on a giant movie screen - ads for such diversion as deodorant soap, digestive liqueurs and house odor sprays.

The production is bright, colorful, with all but one song in Italian, fairly topical in terms of Italian jokes and references, and very professional.

So nobody is quite sure why it failed.

The most common explanation is that Romans are Romans and they have killed theater in this city almost as effectively as they did Julius Caesar.

"I really think it was terribly good" a woman from Florence - and therefore innocent of the Roman reputation - commented.  She had seen Hair in Paris and found the Roman version a pale second.

But others who had seen productions elsewhere didn't agree with this criticism.

"I think there are four explanations for the failure." a Roman professor who loved the show theorized.

"First of all it is not new.  Everybody here had heard the music and had heard about the show for a long time.  Then, some of the content - even in the Italian production - dealing with Vietnam and other issues, was just too American.  Italians don't care about anything outside Italy.  In the third place, Romans are apathetic.  And, something even worse, there are some people who think it is chic not to show any response in the theater, which could explain why some people never bothered to clap."

The nude scene was as naked as any other hair production, meaning totally, even if the cast assumed postures of children in the Garden of Eden who had just had their first bite of the old apple.  So much flesh had not been displayed here since the last mass dunk in the Baths of Caracalla.

And the , shall we say, cross fertilization of organized religion and such subjects as masturbation certainly set precedents undreamed of when Mussolini gave the Catholic Church extraordinary powers in the Lateran Pacts of 1929.

"I was invited opening night but I stayed away" one Roman confided.  "I just didn't know what the police might do."

They did nothing.

"Opening night was a real honor." one cast member recalled...

"All the big names of Italian cinema and society were here and the photographers kept pushing us to one side so we wouldn't get in the way of pictures of Marcello Mastroianni."

"There was an opening night dinner but we weren't invited, just the celebrities in the audience" an actress said.

No one on stage seemed clear why the young man who interrupted the producer had no money.

"We've been getting paid.  Franco held up the record royalties once but when we threatened not to go on he gave us the money."

The real love of the cast is Victor Spinetti, the British actor and director who directed the show.  He welded remarkable spirit in the troupe, carefully breaking down the Italian tradition of "bella figura", the preoccupation with appearances and status, with the help of an international cast.

It's the same spirit that prevailed all through the run, even when the audience was sitting on its hands.  Enough to make a girl cry regardless of what the lyrics say.

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Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla), one of the most important baths of Rome at the time of the Roman Empire. #Rome #Italy https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vCDifF6_z/?igshid=2hrh10ii8rc5