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Capitoline Brutus on loan to Boston MFA
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Dom
Jan 19, 2013, 10:06:07 AM1/19/13
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The impressive bronze bust of Lucius Junius Brutus is on loan to the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts until May 1, 2013.
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/visiting-masterpieces-the-capitoline-brutus
Boston Museum of Fine Arts until May 1, 2013.
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/visiting-masterpieces-the-capitoline-brutus
Dom
Jan 23, 2013, 6:16:12 PM1/23/13
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On Jan 19, 10:06 am, Dom <DR...@teikyopost.edu> wrote:
> The impressive bronze bust of Lucius Junius Brutus is on loan to the
> Boston Museum of Fine Arts until May 1, 2013.
>
> http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/visiting-masterpieces-the-capitoline-b...
> The impressive bronze bust of Lucius Junius Brutus is on loan to the
> Boston Museum of Fine Arts until May 1, 2013.
>
http://www.boston.com/names/2013/01/22/brutus-the-mfa/ibMCVlwe4MAWAy3Y7iXrEL/story.html
Dom
Feb 2, 2013, 5:17:38 PM2/2/13
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A longer video of the unveiling ceremony is at:
http://www.bostoniano.info/italian_news_boston/capitoline-brutus-arrives-museum-fine-arts-boston/
Christopher Ingham
Feb 3, 2013, 12:59:09 PM2/3/13
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So, Dom, in your opinion who do you think this sculpture represents?
Do you think the work is Greek, Roman, Etruscan, or mid-Italic?
Christopher Ingham
Dom
Feb 3, 2013, 2:35:09 PM2/3/13
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On Feb 3, 12:59 pm, Christopher Ingham <christophering...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Christopher,
I have no idea about whose work it is. However, I am fascinated by the
fact that is was identified with L.J. Brutus--although there is no
evidence about this. In 1998 I decided to read again Livy's account of
the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of
Rome. I was particularly interested in Lucius Junius Brutus, the
founder of the Roman Republic. I cannot express the powerful impact of
reading that, after the expulsion of Tarquinius: "His [Brutus'] first
act was to make the people, while the state of liberty was still fresh
upon their tongues, swear a solemn oath never to allow any man to be
king in Rome, hoping by this means to forestall future attempts by
persuation or bribery to restore the monarchy." [Aubrey de Selincourt,
"Livy: The History of Early Rome," The Heritage Press, New York (1972)
p. 100]
The head is dated to 300BC, when the future of Rome was still unclear.
The facial expression denotes the determination of someone who would
administer the Oath of Brutus--and of individuals who would one day
unite the entire Mediterranean world and beyond.
wrote:
I have no idea about whose work it is. However, I am fascinated by the
fact that is was identified with L.J. Brutus--although there is no
evidence about this. In 1998 I decided to read again Livy's account of
the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of
Rome. I was particularly interested in Lucius Junius Brutus, the
founder of the Roman Republic. I cannot express the powerful impact of
reading that, after the expulsion of Tarquinius: "His [Brutus'] first
act was to make the people, while the state of liberty was still fresh
upon their tongues, swear a solemn oath never to allow any man to be
king in Rome, hoping by this means to forestall future attempts by
persuation or bribery to restore the monarchy." [Aubrey de Selincourt,
"Livy: The History of Early Rome," The Heritage Press, New York (1972)
p. 100]
The head is dated to 300BC, when the future of Rome was still unclear.
The facial expression denotes the determination of someone who would
administer the Oath of Brutus--and of individuals who would one day
unite the entire Mediterranean world and beyond.
Christopher Ingham
Feb 3, 2013, 3:56:38 PM2/3/13
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used in creating the earliest grand narratives of the Roman state.
Livy’s account has all the earmarks of a historical romance, which may
indicate that oral histories survived to his day. But the sequence of
events as he describes them, though they can’t be disproven, are
generally thought to be dubious, and even the existence of Brutus and
most of the other characters involved in the overthrow of the monarchy
are questioned. An influential viewpoint is that a series of coups
staged by members of an extended family vying for power (Brutus was
related to Tarquin maternally, according to Livy) occurred for some
years in Rome until the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna intervened to
bring an end to them, effectively ending the monarchy.
Estimates of the date of the Capitoline Brutus date from the fourth to
the first century BCE.
Christopher Ingham
Dom
Feb 4, 2013, 9:32:28 AM2/4/13
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On Feb 3, 3:56 pm, Christopher Ingham <christophering...@comcast.net>
Christopher,
I do not disagree with you. However after reading about the Oath of
Brutus, I have a much better grasp of the mentality of the ancient
Romans, about the leaders of the American Revolution, and about the
Italian patriots of the 19th century.
I could never understand why Giuseppe Mazzini--the Apostle of Italian
Unity who formulated the plan for "one, free, independent, republican"
Italy--refused to take the oath to the king after unification; and
thus he was not able to take his seat in Parliament to which he was
elected. Mazzini also made the accurate prediction that the double-
dealing Savoy dynasty would ruin Italy. Now, Mazzini's intransigence
makes perfect sense.
I do not recall any of my history books or teachers having ever
mentioned the Oath of Brutus. If this had been emphasized properly
when we studied early Rome, I would have had a much better insight and
appreciation of history.
The only vague reference to Lucius Junius Brutus had been made by my
high school English teacher concerning the following lines from
Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" (Cassius to Marcus Brutus, Act 1,
Scene 2).
O, you and I have heard our fathers say,
There was a Brutus once that would have brookt
Th'eternal devil to keep his state in Rome
As easily as a king.
The teacher explained that one of the main charges against Caesar was
that he was attempting to make himself a king, and Cassius enticed
Marcus Brutus to join the conspiracy by referring to his ancestor.
On 23 Dec 2001, another amazing reference to Lucius Junius Brutus
appeared in Northeast Magazine, which was an insert in The Hartford
Courant ["The Root (or Route) of Treason," by Kyrie O'Connor, Page
2].
"Of course, as is often noted, one man's traitor is another man's
freedom fighter. Patrick Henry's historical references will sail over
the heads of many college grads these days. But they must have stirred
the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765 when he proclaimed: 'Tarquin
and Caesar each had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and
George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make
the most of it.'"
In my opinion, the Oath of Brutus, whether factual or legendary, was a
seminal event in political history and should be given the prominence
that it deserves.
Lucius Junius Brutus is a leading character in Shakespeare's "Rape of
Lucrece" and in Nathaniel Lee's play (1681), "Lucius Junius Brutus;
Father of his Country."
I do not disagree with you. However after reading about the Oath of
Brutus, I have a much better grasp of the mentality of the ancient
Romans, about the leaders of the American Revolution, and about the
Italian patriots of the 19th century.
I could never understand why Giuseppe Mazzini--the Apostle of Italian
Unity who formulated the plan for "one, free, independent, republican"
Italy--refused to take the oath to the king after unification; and
thus he was not able to take his seat in Parliament to which he was
elected. Mazzini also made the accurate prediction that the double-
dealing Savoy dynasty would ruin Italy. Now, Mazzini's intransigence
makes perfect sense.
I do not recall any of my history books or teachers having ever
mentioned the Oath of Brutus. If this had been emphasized properly
when we studied early Rome, I would have had a much better insight and
appreciation of history.
The only vague reference to Lucius Junius Brutus had been made by my
high school English teacher concerning the following lines from
Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" (Cassius to Marcus Brutus, Act 1,
Scene 2).
O, you and I have heard our fathers say,
There was a Brutus once that would have brookt
Th'eternal devil to keep his state in Rome
As easily as a king.
The teacher explained that one of the main charges against Caesar was
that he was attempting to make himself a king, and Cassius enticed
Marcus Brutus to join the conspiracy by referring to his ancestor.
On 23 Dec 2001, another amazing reference to Lucius Junius Brutus
appeared in Northeast Magazine, which was an insert in The Hartford
Courant ["The Root (or Route) of Treason," by Kyrie O'Connor, Page
2].
"Of course, as is often noted, one man's traitor is another man's
freedom fighter. Patrick Henry's historical references will sail over
the heads of many college grads these days. But they must have stirred
the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765 when he proclaimed: 'Tarquin
and Caesar each had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and
George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make
the most of it.'"
In my opinion, the Oath of Brutus, whether factual or legendary, was a
seminal event in political history and should be given the prominence
that it deserves.
Lucius Junius Brutus is a leading character in Shakespeare's "Rape of
Lucrece" and in Nathaniel Lee's play (1681), "Lucius Junius Brutus;
Father of his Country."
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