I love these videos because they allow us to see something that's no longer visible for us today. But at the same time, it makes me really sad we lost this wonderful places..
Jean-Michel - How do you know slaves built this place? This was the work of highly skilled artists and craftsmen. Slaves may have done the grunt work but I doubt the artists were slaves.
Thank you so much. I feel transported back to Hadrian's time. Thankfully you showed the marble sculptures as painted as they were in ancient times, not stark white as our eyes have been accustomed to. Comprehensive and beautiful as well. Thumbs up!
Andrew Zourides renaissance copied roman ruins, and as paint was vanished over time they did not add it: statues, columns and so on, all was left blank. And result of this is that even TODAY, the very modern sculptures, are not painted. We are still influenced by ruins and not actual roman art.
urmo345 Yes..the ancients took joy in applying color for realism. Neoclassicism also stark white. The Greeks and Italians still love warm colors! Wonderful videos. Check out my site www.nuretrodesigns.com...thanks, Andrew
@@Dimitri88888888 My understanding is that this was done like a hundred years ago to “restore” sculptures because there was a belief that they were unpainted since the paint disappeared over time. We now know that ancient greek sculptures were painted since some of the paint remains on found sculptures. I think what this shows is that one must carefully examine one’s assumptions whether it’s art, politics, medicine or whatever.
I always wish there were 3D goggles showing this kind of reconstructions available on archaeological sites! Also, love it how the video is filled with sunshine. Man, I've had 6 minutes of relaxation on a November night, as if I'd been to this place myself! Thanks for a great vid!
I know this comment is 4 yrs old, but they actually do this when you go and see the Domus Aurea! You get to put on an Oculus, and they reconstruct one of the rooms with you inside of it, as if you're actually there. It was really cool.
If I had Jeff Bezos money, I would build an exact replica of the restoration and let it out for tours. I believe many many people would love to see such a place.
@Filip Wajda I think he has enough money to keep it in good shape. The tour money would pay for it anyway. It wouldn't be an ancient ruin like Pompeii. It would be brand new.
If I had Jeff Bezos's money, I would pay for education for as many people as possible; this way we would have less people thinking that human kind is run by reptilians....
@@shagwellington As for reptilians, I don't know what to say; maybe we were run over by them and the consequence of that was the birth of some reptiles called Putin, Biden, Li, Macron, etc 😀
I've visited the area of Hadrian's villa a few times and always tried to imagine how it might have looked some 2,000 years ago. The area is massive and the remains so interesting. This is a wonderful reconstruction! Thanks for a most wonderful video!!
i visited Hadrians's villa last year and was astounded as to how huge it is. This reconstruction made it all come to life - thanks for sharing - loved it.
Lord, it makes me wish all these glorious places still existed intact today. Modern architecture has nothing, absolutely, nothing on what the ancients could enjoy every day of their lives. I so, so, hope these looks and styles can be restored and enjoyed again, today. Warmest Wishes. Best of 2022. Be Well and Safe. Out. 🙂🖐🏼
Such a beautiful piece of work and restoration recreated for us to enjoy. I really love how the statuary is depicted fully painted in vibrant colors the way the Romans actually had them. My favorite part was the hallway of the Piazza d’oro with the fine linens hanging in the archways gently blowing in the wind it made me really feel like I was there.
That was one of the coolest videos I have seen on UA-cam, enough to give me an odd sense of bittersweet nostalgia. Really good portrayals of history stir something buried in us. It's like dropping into some ancient existence. Thanks for the effort, it was worth it!
God its so beautiful why can't we have architecture like this anymore? It feels more alive, more comfortable than these nasty square buildings with no color or life.
The recreation of traditional architecture is getting more and more attention. For instance in Germany and Hungary whole palaces were rebuild recently. I hope this will inspire architects of today to overcome the taboo on using traditional ornaments in their designs of new buildings.
This is a great study. I excavated with one of the team member's many years ago and visited Hadrian's villa. 3d modeling really helps us immerse ourselves in this amazing heritage. and especially now that Italy is so hard to reach. Thank you Liz!
The book I'm reading about Trajan references this place as somewhere He (Trajan) could entertain guests to dinner occasionally when possible. The book mentions that the guests were pleasantly taken by the sheer beauty of the place. Thanks for doing the reconstruction, so fascinating :)
If only these beautiful buildings existed today, it would have been amazing. It’s an unbelievable engineering. The talents and skills of the builders were astounding.
And this is why opulence of this stature is so unbelievable....mansions of today are nice and all, but the palaces and villas of roman times were astounding...being wealthy back then was on a whole different level
Hadrian had a reputation for unconventional architectural taste, and it certainly shows here. There are forms & arrangements in the palace's structure you don't see anywhere else in the Roman world. But I will say, the effect is spectacular. Good taste, it seems, never goes out of fashion.
Must comment; excellent reconstruction! You have a very nice architectural sense, of how it all hangs together, the texture of building and gardens etc., just the right degree of embellishment. The Piazza D'Oro particularly nice, reflecting Hadrian's bold taste in architecture. This is certainly not a complaint, but a comment about the 'painted statuary' as various have commented below. The ancient authors spoke of 'delicate tints', so it was not simply slapping a coat of gloss on. Hadrian was such a collector, so many of the pieces would have been bronze originals...marble being more of a material for copies...and the thing i've noticed in the classical taste for 'lifelike', are the inlaid eyes. From the very few original survivors, we can see that the effect was stunningly arresting, as though one is meeting the original in the flesh. So, a very tactile vision of the Villa Adriana, which was regarded in ancient times as one of the real gems. Well done again!
Thank you. Yes, I would like to give the statues a more realistic paint job. Perhaps in a future iteration. When this video was made (6-8 years ago), the digital painting software was not so advanced :)
Exquisite ..what a shame these beautiful temples and buildings were not preserved for future generations but thank you for re-creating the images so that we can "live in the moment" whilst viewing ..
I love history and CGI reconstructions like these because it's as close as we can get to visiting the ancient world in person. I do however realize unlike many that they do not reflect reality. These reconstructions are wonderful art but science. The simple fact remains that there is nowhere near enough remains left to do complete reconstruction like these. One need only look at what little remains in the actual photographs. We are very lucky sometimes to find portions that have been well enough preserved that we get mosaics and painted halls and frescoes. I really really want a time machine or a "Guardian of Forever", LOLOL
HELLO.Please consider that most of the antic Roman architecture goes by rules which allow already with only parts left to recalculate all the missing parts. P ex. Columns always should be built according to very precise proportions and what is added on top of these also mostly goes by these rules. The archaeologists found many even tiny fragments of these buildings and when they see such parts they can deduct a lot from these. Where they must have been placed because most decorative elements also go by rules. Once you got a base of a column it is usually very possible to deduct from its dimensions the final height of the building which went along with such columns. Windows and doors will have proportions accordingly. The archaeologists will find small parts of the buildings which for the stone recyclers and looters had no value. Broken tiles, fragments of marble.. broken window glass... all this is enough to determine the look of major parts of such leveled ancient properties.
Bloody amazing work! Such a trip. Thanks Matthew. All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Bellissimo video. Sono stato diverse volte in visita a Villa Adriana. Grazie per avermi permesso il raffronto di tutta questa magnificenza con la realtà di 2000 anni fa. Bisogna riconoscere che la civiltà romana in tutti i campi non ha avuto eguali nel mondo.
Romans were extreme Hellenophiles. The reason the Republic talked about Pyrrhus of Epirus so much was that he was the closest the Romans had to fighting Alexander the Great himself. Julius Caesar studied Rhetoric in Greece, wanted to emulate Alexander and preferred to talk in Greek. Augustus was the one who sanctioned the Aeneid Nero played the lyre. Julian the Apostate wanted a return to Greco-Roman Polytheism and wanted to emulate the Iliad on his Parthian campaign.
Well, you did also have to deal with the constant threat of assassination, invasion, and rebellion. Hadrian lived in one of the more stable periods, but he still had to deal with 10% of the world's population. He handled the burden extremely well, though.
Wonderful so clever felt like I was walking through a shame that we don't have that elegance and image today they new how to live and it looks so modern just don't no how they created such beutifull things
I completely agree, we have completely lost touch with nature and our artistic tastes are dwindling. Modern artists sell absolute rubbish for millions while talented ones struggle to get by on patron money or as designers for AAA video games or film sets if they are lucky. There are many great people who live in silence, I wish I was one of them but I can't say I am.
There are palaces or estates whatever is PR to say these days that are way larger and even more extravagant today. Just like then, you're part of the the rabble never invited to see it. Hidden away so the masses won't get pissed they're being exploited while others live even better than emperors or kings of old. BUT! Unlike then, you can rent some Mc-mansions for a few days for a few thousand dollars or more... and some were so grotesquely extravagant it eventually caused the dynasty to sell or abandon it and are now museums and/or hotels us rabble can visit and actually enjoy a little. And remind ourselves how exploited we all are.... and how hoggish rich can be they eat themselves up and lose it all. Google will show you some. And then there are many more that are hidden away. Some smaller mansions www.realtor.com/news/trends/homes-with-lavish-lazy-river-pools/ Larger palaces or estates whatever you want to call them www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2019/08/05/paradise-valley-mansion-lazy-river-sells-12-6-m/1926575001/ These are museums now and some hotels. theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/the-12-most-beautiful-castles-in-the-united-states/
A couple of thoughts that might help with that.. The knowledge isnt lost. We know how to carve and stack rocks, how to pour Roman cement. Etc. The beauty is degraded as time does to all things, but there is also much beauty being created by todays artists and artisans. Don't become so wrapped up in the past that you loose sight of the beauty being made now. Next, not everything about those houses were so wonderful... no glass in any of the windows. Finally recall the cost of creating and maintaining that house in human lives, the number of free staff and of slaves needed to make it and keep it working for the good of the handful who actually got to live in it. Some things come at too high a cost. Roman wealthy residences came at the cost of huge numbers of free living in six and seven story apartment buildings that frequently fell down due to poor construction orthat caught fire and burned entire neighborhoods. Cicero was an infamouse slum lord and once commented that he was glad one of his tenements fell because he could charge more for tooms in a newer building.
I visited this place once on a hot, cicada buzzing, summer afternoon and it was like being in a dream. This villa is/was truly massive. I remember thinking Hadrian could have spent his visits in one section of it or another, for weeks on end, without ever bothering to spend anytime in the rest, because it was so huge. I don’t think that’s what he did though actually, as he probably stayed in the same living quarters every time but I could be wrong. Also, I think he ended up governing the Empire right out of his Villa, and didn’t bother spending much time in Rome. I liked looking out on the surrounding countryside from the vantage points and imagining Hadrian looking out over the same thing. Btw, I had always read that the area where Hadrian’s Villa was, was a traditional place where wealthy Romans of Iberian origin(like Hadrian) built holiday villas, where they could escape the sweltering heat of Rome… But it was a hot, sweltering day up there at Hadrian’s Villa when I visited! Lol. I guess it was still more open, and probably had better breezes than the stifled, crowded streets of Rome.
The exteriors and gardens remind me so much of Hollywood Spanish-Colonial-style mansions. Or the Getty Villa in the hills outside L.A. Or the Hearst Castle pool with all those statues. The interiors remind me of the papal tombs in St. Peter's (which I've visited). All the different-colored marbles and granites just adorning the walls, with all those statues. Just like all those papal tombs.
E' fantastico, bellissimo. Complimenti. Sono stata a Tivoli 2 volte, pero' solo adesso ho davvero idea come era la villa dell' imperatore Adriano. Grazie tante per questo bellissimo video!
I toured Hadrian's villa last week near Tivoli. This recreation was just fabulous. The museum there would probably be interested in the viddy if they do not already use it.
You must have spent a ton of time researching let alone modeling. Well done. Do you have any plans releasing this? I'm sure educators would love to get their hands on a virtual walk through like this.
Most people think the statues were all in the colour of the natural stone they're in, while they were all painted. The hair, the skin, everything. This detail here is superb.
Cette vidéo est une vraie merveille C'est un remarquable travail image de synthèse Chapeau bas a son auteur,et en primes une très belle musique⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐pour tout cela
This is amazing! What I didn't see was any doors, or did I just miss them while trying to take in everything? Being a practical kind of guy whenever I see ancient palaces and buildings of the past with their massive and beautiful gardens and yards, I wonder how they mowed their grass?
It could probably be done with approval from the Roman Goverment and enough money, but such construction techniques would be astronomically expensive because of the pure and precious materials that were used to originally construct these places!
Tell that to the Italian people lmao I'm sute they rather have theit money soent on the recinstruction of a Villa instead of going to their wellbeings.
@@MoncoCarser Matter of fact these maps are already made, as shown in the video. All it takes is to export them to an FPS game and everyone can visit using VR headsets. Anyway Matthew has already said he's converting this to VR format. Hope that means 360 VR. Can't wait.
I absolutely love these recreations! I can't help wondering though, what kind of hovels the laborers who created and maintained these edifices lived in. Ah well, the skill, design and artistry are amazing!
Breathtakingly and achingly beautiful. What magnificent minds devised and built it. Please can someone identify the wonderful classical music used in this video? Thank you so much. Subscribed.
Ma non vi era anche una sala circondata dall'acqua, tipo il suo studio, dove L'imperatore Adriano si ritirava e provvisto con una sorta di ponte levatoio, che veniva "sollevato" o tolto, insomma spariva azione pare eseguita dallo stesso imperatore per non essere disturbato ??? ; perdonatemi se ho sbagliato villa e imperatore ???. Grazie !!!! Saluti !!!! ps il video è Bellissimo !!!!
I love these videos because they allow us to see something that's no longer visible for us today. But at the same time, it makes me really sad we lost this wonderful places..
Right. But don't forget all the slaves who died building it.
Jean-Michel Lambillotte Muhh slaves fam.
well dubai has practically been built by slaves too. minimum paid and ill treated foreigners mostly asians
Jean-Michel - How do you know slaves built this place? This was the work of highly skilled artists and craftsmen. Slaves may have done the grunt work but I doubt the artists were slaves.
@@brushcreek42 Slaves in the Roman Empire were all sorts of things, including doctors, musicians or teachers.
I love everything Roman..can't get enough..
Terrific race, the Romans. Terrific!
Mike Hunt the empire was multicultural
The best interior/exterior design ever
Here , here
Samee
Che dire?
Magnificenze della creatività ed arte romana.
Che oggi insegna ancora e da stupore , purtroppo, più agli stranieri che agli italiani.
Thank you so much. I feel transported back to Hadrian's time. Thankfully you showed the marble sculptures as painted as they were in ancient times, not stark white as our eyes have been accustomed to. Comprehensive and beautiful as well. Thumbs up!
Andrew Zourides renaissance copied roman ruins, and as paint was vanished over time they did not add it: statues, columns and so on, all was left blank. And result of this is that even TODAY, the very modern sculptures, are not painted. We are still influenced by ruins and not actual roman art.
urmo345 Yes..the ancients took joy in applying color for realism. Neoclassicism also stark white. The Greeks and Italians still love warm colors! Wonderful videos. Check out my site www.nuretrodesigns.com...thanks, Andrew
What’s ironic is that when a small amount of remaining paint was found on ancient sculpture museums diligently scraped it off.
@@larryo6874 what really ?? Wtf why would they do that!!!
@@Dimitri88888888 My understanding is that this was done like a hundred years ago to “restore” sculptures because there was a belief that they were unpainted since the paint disappeared over time. We now know that ancient greek sculptures were painted since some of the paint remains on found sculptures. I think what this shows is that one must carefully examine one’s assumptions whether it’s art, politics, medicine or whatever.
I always wish there were 3D goggles showing this kind of reconstructions available on archaeological sites! Also, love it how the video is filled with sunshine. Man, I've had 6 minutes of relaxation on a November night, as if I'd been to this place myself! Thanks for a great vid!
There is such a thing in this very place actually
I know this comment is 4 yrs old, but they actually do this when you go and see the Domus Aurea! You get to put on an Oculus, and they reconstruct one of the rooms with you inside of it, as if you're actually there. It was really cool.
If I had Jeff Bezos money, I would build an exact replica of the restoration and let it out for tours. I believe many many people would love to see such a place.
@Filip Wajda I think he has enough money to keep it in good shape. The tour money would pay for it anyway. It wouldn't be an ancient ruin like Pompeii. It would be brand new.
If I had Jeff Bezos's money, I would pay for education for as many people as possible; this way we would have less people thinking that human kind is run by reptilians....
@@mihailfelixdumitresc But we are run by Reptilians, Putin, Biden, Macron, Trudeau, Ping etc.
@@shagwellington As for reptilians, I don't know what to say; maybe we were run over by them and the consequence of that was the birth of some reptiles called Putin, Biden, Li, Macron, etc 😀
This, but I'd build an exact replica of Diocletian's palace.
I've visited the area of Hadrian's villa a few times and always tried to imagine how it might have looked some 2,000 years ago. The area is massive and the remains so interesting.
This is a wonderful reconstruction! Thanks for a most wonderful video!!
i visited Hadrians's villa last year and was astounded as to how huge it is. This reconstruction made it all come to life - thanks for sharing - loved it.
I wouldn't want to live in the past, but I sure as hell wouldn't mind visiting
Cant believe how many few people have seen this! I've watched this a hundred times! I love it! It's a dream!!! Amazing, well done!!!
Closest thing to a time machine..
Lord, it makes me wish all these glorious places still existed intact today. Modern architecture has nothing, absolutely, nothing on what the ancients could enjoy every day of their lives. I so, so, hope these looks and styles can be restored and enjoyed again, today.
Warmest Wishes. Best of 2022. Be Well and Safe. Out. 🙂🖐🏼
I visited the villa a few years ago, even in its ruin state it was an incredible experience. Absolutely love how you brought it back to life Thank you
OMG, I envy you. I visited Pompeii 4 years ago. But this is definitely another one on my bucket list!
😊😊😊😊😊
Such a beautiful piece of work and restoration recreated for us to enjoy. I really love how the statuary is depicted fully painted in vibrant colors the way the Romans actually had them. My favorite part was the hallway of the Piazza d’oro with the fine linens hanging in the archways gently blowing in the wind it made me really feel like I was there.
For years I have wanted to see ancient cultures recreated in such a way. Bravo!
Such beauty! I am amazed at the elegance and exquisite taste of the times.
That was one of the coolest videos I have seen on UA-cam, enough to give me an odd sense of bittersweet nostalgia. Really good portrayals of history stir something buried in us. It's like dropping into some ancient existence. Thanks for the effort, it was worth it!
God its so beautiful why can't we have architecture like this anymore? It feels more alive, more comfortable than these nasty square buildings with no color or life.
The recreation of traditional architecture is getting more and more attention. For instance in Germany and Hungary whole palaces were rebuild recently. I hope this will inspire architects of today to overcome the taboo on using traditional ornaments in their designs of new buildings.
Agreed!
This was the residence of an emperor
Nowdays the condition of everyday life of a normal citizen are much more better than roman times. So we move forward
Nearly two thousand years later and no homes today compare to Villa Adriana. That's utterly amazing.
This is not a home, this is the palace of the most powerful man on Earth at the time
Really? You think nothing compares? There are homes and gardens that outshine this AND have central heating and window glass.
@@RickBoat True Trumps Maro Largo , the mansion used in the godfather ,among others .
What about Versailles
To be fair not a lot of people have had the power and authority to build something like this.
My son and I were here earlier today. We were amazed by the ruins... but the restoration in this video is beyond amazing!
This is a great study. I excavated with one of the team member's many years ago and visited Hadrian's villa. 3d modeling really helps us immerse ourselves in this amazing heritage. and especially now that Italy is so hard to reach. Thank you Liz!
I once thought I had a nice house and then I watched this.😊
I am old enough, and I want to build one like that too, not enough $. However, i love the spaciousness and minimalist design, simply beautiful!
You should see Versailles or biltmore.
The book I'm reading about Trajan references this place as somewhere He (Trajan) could entertain guests to dinner occasionally when possible. The book mentions that the guests were pleasantly taken by the sheer beauty of the place. Thanks for doing the reconstruction, so fascinating :)
Trajan died beforethis but the area is where many villas were including trajans
it was like living in paradise.
For bringing la grande belleza Villa Adriana back to life a grazie mille.Fantastico !
That's amazing!!! Thank you from Brazil! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Fantastic and evocative images of a time we can only imagine of in the ruins that are left. Great post - thanks :)
I would’ve loved to see this villa during Hadrian’s time. This digital reconstruction is amazing!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
If only these beautiful buildings existed today, it would have been amazing. It’s an unbelievable engineering. The talents and skills of the builders were astounding.
amazing on all your projects ...again well done luve how youve put in old and restored pics gives us more to imagine with ....fantastic
5:30 - Stunning how the structure resembles Hagia Sophia!
And this is why opulence of this stature is so unbelievable....mansions of today are nice and all, but the palaces and villas of roman times were astounding...being wealthy back then was on a whole different level
Hadrian had a reputation for unconventional architectural taste, and it certainly shows here. There are forms & arrangements in the palace's structure you don't see anywhere else in the Roman world.
But I will say, the effect is spectacular. Good taste, it seems, never goes out of fashion.
Beautiful. Thank you for the hard work.
Must comment; excellent reconstruction! You have a very nice architectural sense, of how it all hangs together, the texture of building and gardens etc., just the right degree of embellishment. The Piazza D'Oro particularly nice, reflecting Hadrian's bold taste in architecture.
This is certainly not a complaint, but a comment about the 'painted statuary' as various have commented below. The ancient authors spoke of 'delicate tints', so it was not simply slapping a coat of gloss on. Hadrian was such a collector, so many of the pieces would have been bronze originals...marble being more of a material for copies...and the thing i've noticed in the classical taste for 'lifelike', are the inlaid eyes. From the very few original survivors, we can see that the effect was stunningly arresting, as though one is meeting the original in the flesh.
So, a very tactile vision of the Villa Adriana, which was regarded in ancient times as one of the real gems. Well done again!
Thank you. Yes, I would like to give the statues a more realistic paint job. Perhaps in a future iteration. When this video was made (6-8 years ago), the digital painting software was not so advanced :)
Exquisite ..what a shame these beautiful temples and buildings were not preserved for future generations but thank you for re-creating the images so that we can "live in the moment" whilst viewing ..
marvelous work of both visual and music, perfect match!
Magnificent, beyond words... Thank you for this amazing glimpse into the past..
I love history and CGI reconstructions like these because it's as close as we can get to visiting the ancient world in person. I do however realize unlike many that they do not reflect reality. These reconstructions are wonderful art but science. The simple fact remains that there is nowhere near enough remains left to do complete reconstruction like these. One need only look at what little remains in the actual photographs. We are very lucky sometimes to find portions that have been well enough preserved that we get mosaics and painted halls and frescoes. I really really want a time machine or a "Guardian of Forever", LOLOL
HELLO.Please consider that most of the antic Roman architecture goes by rules which allow already with only parts left to recalculate all the missing parts. P ex. Columns always should be built according to very precise proportions and what is added on top of these also mostly goes by these rules. The archaeologists found many even tiny fragments of these buildings and when they see such parts they can deduct a lot from these. Where they must have been placed because most decorative elements also go by rules. Once you got a base of a column it is usually very possible to deduct from its dimensions the final height of the building which went along with such columns. Windows and doors will have proportions accordingly. The archaeologists will find small parts of the buildings which for the stone recyclers and looters had no value. Broken tiles, fragments of marble.. broken window glass... all this is enough to determine the look of major parts of such leveled ancient properties.
I love the style of roman villas with the courtyards and other outdoor spaces. It really integrated outdoor/indoor living in an almost perfect manner.
Magnificent! Extraordinary! Splendid! Admirable! Well done! And thank you!
Magnifique! Extraordinaire! Splendide! Admirable! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Et Merci!
What a marvellous architect, structural engineers and designers they were..
Wow! Simply stunning!
Bloody amazing work! Such a trip. Thanks Matthew. All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Thank you!
Bellissimo video. Sono stato diverse volte in visita a Villa Adriana. Grazie per avermi permesso il raffronto di tutta questa magnificenza con la realtà di 2000 anni fa. Bisogna riconoscere che la civiltà romana in tutti i campi non ha avuto eguali nel mondo.
Amazing! It is one of those videos that makes me want to ask a thousand more questions.
Never before Greek art and philosophy reached a grand acceptance in the person of the Emperor himself: "Greece captive, captivated its conqueror"...
Romans were extreme Hellenophiles.
The reason the Republic talked about Pyrrhus of Epirus so much was that he was the closest the Romans had to fighting Alexander the Great himself.
Julius Caesar studied Rhetoric in Greece, wanted to emulate Alexander and preferred to talk in Greek.
Augustus was the one who sanctioned the Aeneid
Nero played the lyre.
Julian the Apostate wanted a return to Greco-Roman Polytheism and wanted to emulate the Iliad on his Parthian campaign.
Fantastique reconstitution, quel travail et bravo pour le choix musical!
It's good to be King. REAL good!
eddie willers you mean an Emperor..
@@adukaputra3223 King Emperor whatever. That was just political fluff.
Well, you did also have to deal with the constant threat of assassination, invasion, and rebellion. Hadrian lived in one of the more stable periods, but he still had to deal with 10% of the world's population. He handled the burden extremely well, though.
Thank you so much for this glimpse into the past. Bravo!
Wonderful so clever felt like I was walking through a shame that we don't have that elegance and image today they new how to live and it looks so modern just don't no how they created such beutifull things
I completely agree, we have completely lost touch with nature and our artistic tastes are dwindling. Modern artists sell absolute rubbish for millions while talented ones struggle to get by on patron money or as designers for AAA video games or film sets if they are lucky. There are many great people who live in silence, I wish I was one of them but I can't say I am.
There are palaces or estates whatever is PR to say these days that are way larger and even more extravagant today. Just like then, you're part of the the rabble never invited to see it. Hidden away so the masses won't get pissed they're being exploited while others live even better than emperors or kings of old.
BUT! Unlike then, you can rent some Mc-mansions for a few days for a few thousand dollars or more... and some were so grotesquely extravagant it eventually caused the dynasty to sell or abandon it and are now museums and/or hotels us rabble can visit and actually enjoy a little. And remind ourselves how exploited we all are.... and how hoggish rich can be they eat themselves up and lose it all.
Google will show you some. And then there are many more that are hidden away.
Some smaller mansions
www.realtor.com/news/trends/homes-with-lavish-lazy-river-pools/
Larger palaces or estates whatever you want to call them
www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2019/08/05/paradise-valley-mansion-lazy-river-sells-12-6-m/1926575001/
These are museums now and some hotels.
theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/the-12-most-beautiful-castles-in-the-united-states/
Stunning, and I bet this is MUCH prettier than the original !!!
Just what I have been looking for. The visualist! Thank you. Subscribed!
Thank you so much . It's like a dream who come true ... so beautiful, I couldn't imagine.
I wish I could have climbed into the film and been transported back, it looks stunning
So much ancient beauty and knowledge has been lost sometimes when I think about it it hurts so much !
A couple of thoughts that might help with that..
The knowledge isnt lost. We know how to carve and stack rocks, how to pour Roman cement. Etc.
The beauty is degraded as time does to all things, but there is also much beauty being created by todays artists and artisans. Don't become so wrapped up in the past that you loose sight of the beauty being made now.
Next, not everything about those houses were so wonderful... no glass in any of the windows.
Finally recall the cost of creating and maintaining that house in human lives, the number of free staff and of slaves needed to make it and keep it working for the good of the handful who actually got to live in it. Some things come at too high a cost. Roman wealthy residences came at the cost of huge numbers of free living in six and seven story apartment buildings that frequently fell down due to poor construction orthat caught fire and burned entire neighborhoods. Cicero was an infamouse slum lord and once commented that he was glad one of his tenements fell because he could charge more for tooms in a newer building.
wow... this is fantastic !!!!!!!
I visited this place once on a hot, cicada buzzing, summer afternoon and it was like being in a dream.
This villa is/was truly massive. I remember thinking Hadrian could have spent his visits in one section of it or another, for weeks on end, without ever bothering to spend anytime in the rest, because it was so huge. I don’t think that’s what he did though actually, as he probably stayed in the same living quarters every time but I could be wrong. Also, I think he ended up governing the Empire right out of his Villa, and didn’t bother spending much time in Rome. I liked looking out on the surrounding countryside from the vantage points and imagining Hadrian looking out over the same thing.
Btw, I had always read that the area where Hadrian’s Villa was, was a traditional place where wealthy Romans of Iberian origin(like Hadrian) built holiday villas, where they could escape the sweltering heat of Rome… But it was a hot, sweltering day up there at Hadrian’s Villa when I visited! Lol. I guess it was still more open, and probably had better breezes than the stifled, crowded streets of Rome.
Absolutely beautiful and so sad at the same time.
Splendid recreations!
Lessons from the past.
Don't get complacent.
Tragic this Empire fell to such corruption.
P.S.Excellent work here.
Absolutely. Don't ignore danger when it presents itself.
The exteriors and gardens remind me so much of Hollywood Spanish-Colonial-style mansions. Or the Getty Villa in the hills outside L.A. Or the Hearst Castle pool with all those statues. The interiors remind me of the papal tombs in St. Peter's (which I've visited). All the different-colored marbles and granites just adorning the walls, with all those statues. Just like all those papal tombs.
E' fantastico, bellissimo. Complimenti. Sono stata a Tivoli 2 volte, pero' solo adesso ho davvero idea come era la villa dell' imperatore Adriano. Grazie tante per questo bellissimo video!
Hermoso video. Gracias ❤
I toured Hadrian's villa last week near Tivoli. This recreation was just fabulous. The museum there would probably be interested in the viddy if they do not already use it.
What an amazing video! Thank you very much for making this!!!
Even way back then the Grandeur was spectacular
You must have spent a ton of time researching let alone modeling. Well done. Do you have any plans releasing this? I'm sure educators would love to get their hands on a virtual walk through like this.
+Matt Ostgard Hi Matt, yes - soon (in the next few months, early 2016) we will release a web-based version of the Villa that everyone can explore!
+Matthew Brennan Hello. Have you released the web version or not yet? Thank you for this amazing work.
Carlos Bárcena Hi Carlos, the web players can be found here! vwhl.soic.indiana.edu/villa/3dmodelsdownloads.php
Hi Matthew
At present, we can explore the Canopus only? Is this correct?
Well done. Definitely worth the watching.
That was so wonderful. That was exactly what I wanted to see. Thank you.
Absolutely fantastic- like traveling in time!!
Gorgeous work. Thank you.
Truly excellent work.
If you’d like to walk through *something* like this, I’d recommend visiting The Getty Villa in CA. A lot of this video reminds me of that museum.
Most people think the statues were all in the colour of the natural stone they're in, while they were all painted. The hair, the skin, everything. This detail here is superb.
Sensational. I can't say much for their color schemes, but it's wonderful to see how things would have looked -- and how similar to things today.
Beautiful! Just missed to show the library island.
I would love to know what lawn service they used back then. They did a great job.
Cette vidéo est une vraie merveille
C'est un remarquable travail image de synthèse
Chapeau bas a son auteur,et en primes une très belle musique⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐pour tout cela
When my ancestors were painting their bodies purple then running naked into battle the Romans built these beautiful things. I’m so impressed.
Thank you so much for this reconstruction!
Wonderful. Thank you for your work.
I had a goose bump. This means how high our IQ, there are many things out there are coming to overcome us.
This video is absolutely wonderful! Thanks a lot!
This is amazing! What I didn't see was any doors, or did I just miss them while trying to take in everything? Being a practical kind of guy whenever I see ancient palaces and buildings of the past with their massive and beautiful gardens and yards, I wonder how they mowed their grass?
They didn't. Lawns as we know them are a modern concept.
*This is Divine Work!*
What a man of great taste that Hadrian was
Please rebuild it for real..to it's original splendor!
that's if they did the Colosseum and the Forum in Rome too
It could probably be done with approval from the Roman Goverment and enough money, but such construction techniques would be astronomically expensive because of the pure and precious materials that were used to originally construct these places!
Government of italy is already too much in debt!¡! But we can probably visit the places in VR Some day.
Tell that to the Italian people lmao
I'm sute they rather have theit money soent on the recinstruction of a Villa instead of going to their wellbeings.
@@MoncoCarser Matter of fact these maps are already made, as shown in the video. All it takes is to export them to an FPS game and everyone can visit using VR headsets. Anyway Matthew has already said he's converting this to VR format. Hope that means 360 VR. Can't wait.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS
I absolutely love these recreations! I can't help wondering though, what kind of hovels the laborers who created and maintained these edifices lived in. Ah well, the skill, design and artistry are amazing!
Check out some of Mary Beard's videos on ancient Rome - she does a good job at explaining how ordinary Roman citizens lived.
So happy to see this. What a great use for CGI
It was joy, very good! Thanks
Breathtakingly and achingly beautiful. What magnificent minds devised and built it. Please can someone identify the wonderful classical music used in this video? Thank you so much. Subscribed.
Edward Elgar - Serenade E minor, op. 20
duemila anni fa l'Italia era cosi
two thousand years ago, Italy was like that
Beethovenini
Only for the rich I'm afraid.....for everyone else.....it was the same as it always had been
@@ChristophersMum Do the poor not have eyes and ears?
Congratulations for this amazing work... such beauty!
It’s awesome restored.
Everything they build looked beautiful... they probably couldn't build ugly, like we do.
Visited today. Impressive.
Ух ты,какие залы,какая красота!!!
Ma non vi era anche una sala circondata dall'acqua, tipo il suo studio, dove L'imperatore Adriano si ritirava e provvisto con una sorta di ponte levatoio, che veniva "sollevato" o tolto, insomma spariva azione pare eseguita dallo stesso imperatore per non essere disturbato ??? ; perdonatemi se ho sbagliato villa e imperatore ???. Grazie !!!! Saluti !!!! ps il video è Bellissimo !!!!
Giorgio Suzzi ma certo! Si chiamava “Teatro marittimo”. Grazie!
looks stunning, thanks for your hard work