Capitoline Museums - Wikipedia Capitoline Museums From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Capitoline Museum) Jump to navigation Jump to search archaeology, Art museum, Historic site in Rome, Italy Capitoline Museums Musei Capitolini The Palazzo dei Conservatori is one of the three main buildings of the Capitoline Museums. Location within Rome Established 1734 (1734) open to public, 1471 (1471) bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome Location Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome, Italy Coordinates 41°53′34″N 12°28′57″E / 41.8928°N 12.4824°E / 41.8928; 12.4824Coordinates: 41°53′34″N 12°28′57″E / 41.8928°N 12.4824°E / 41.8928; 12.4824 Type archaeology, Art museum, Historic site Director Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli Website www.museicapitolini.org Michelangelo's design for Capitoline Hill, now home to the Capitoline Museums. Engraved by Étienne Dupérac, 1568. The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) is a single museum containing a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years. The history of the museum can be traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on the Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has grown to include many ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items. The museums are owned and operated by the municipality of Rome. The statue of a mounted rider in the centre of the piazza is of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is a copy, the original being housed on-site in the Capitoline museum. Opened to the public in 1734 under Clement XII, the Capitoline Museums are considered the first museum in the world, understood as a place where art could be enjoyed by all and not only by the owners.[1] Contents 1 Buildings 1.1 Palazzo dei Conservatori 1.1.1 Main staircase 1.1.2 2nd floor 1.1.3 3rd floor 1.2 Palazzo Nuovo 1.3 Galleria di Congiunzione 1.4 New wing 2 Centrale Montemartini 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Buildings[edit] Capitoline Museums gallery Palazzo Nuovo Esquiline Venus. This section contains collections sorted by building, and brief information on the buildings themselves. For the history of their design and construction, see Capitoline Hill#Michelangelo. The Capitoline Museums are composed of three main buildings surrounding the Piazza del Campidoglio and interlinked by an underground gallery beneath the piazza. The three main buildings of the Capitoline Museums are: Palazzo Senatorio, built in the 12th century and modified according to Michelangelo's designs; Palazzo dei Conservatori, built in the mid-16th century and redesigned by Michelangelo with the first use of the giant order column design; and Palazzo Nuovo, built in the 17th century with an identical exterior design to the Palazzo dei Conservatori, which it faces across the palazzo. In addition, the 16th century Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, located off the piazza adjacent to the Palazzo dei Conservatori, was added to the museum complex in the early 20th century. Palazzo dei Conservatori[edit] The collections here are ancient sculpture, mostly Roman but also Greek and Egyptian. Main staircase[edit] Features the relief from the honorary monument to Marcus Aurelius. 2nd floor[edit] The second floor of the building is occupied by the Conservator's Apartment, a space now open to the public and housing such famous works as the bronze she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, which has become the emblem of Rome. The Conservator's Apartment is distinguished by elaborate interior decorations, including frescoes, stuccos, tapestries, and carved ceilings and doors. 3rd floor[edit] The third floor of the Palazzo dei Conservatori houses the Capitoline Art Gallery, housing the museums' painting and applied art galleries. The Capitoline Coin Cabinet, containing collections of coins, medals, jewels, and jewelry, is located in the attached Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino. Palazzo Nuovo[edit] Statues, inscriptions, sarcophagi, busts, mosaics, and other ancient Roman artifacts occupy two floors of the Palazzo Nuovo. In the Hall of the Galatian can also be appreciated the marble statue of the "Dying Gaul" also called “Capitoline Gaul” and the statue of Cupid and Psyche. Also housed in this building are: The colossal statue restored as Oceanus, located in the museum courtyard of this building A fragment of the Tabula Iliaca located at the Hall of the Doves The statue of Capitoline Venus, from an original by Praxiteles (4th century BC) Galleria di Congiunzione[edit] The Galleria di Congiunzione is located beneath the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the piazza itself, and links the three palazzos sitting on the piazza. The gallery was constructed in the 1930s. It contains in situ 2nd century ruins of ancient Roman dwellings, and also houses the Galleria Lapidaria, which displays the Museums' collection of epigraphs. New wing[edit] The new great glass covered hall — the Sala Marco Aurelio — created by covering the Giardino Romano is similar to the one used for the Sala Ottagonale and British Museum Great Court. The design is by the architect Carlo Aymonino. Its volume recalls that of the oval space designed by Michelangelo for the piazza. Its centerpiece is the bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, which was once in the centre of Piazza del Campidoglio and has been kept indoors ever since its modern restoration. Moving these statues out of the palazzo allows those sculptures temporarily moved to the Centrale Montemartini to be brought back. It also houses the remaining fragments of the bronze colossus of Constantine and the archaeological remains of the tuff foundations of the temple of Capitoline Jupiter, with a model, drawn and computer reconstructions and finds dating from the earliest occupation on the site (in the mid Bronze Age: 17th-14th centuries B.C.) to the foundation of the temple (6th century BC). In the three halls adjacent to the Appartamento dei Conservatori are to be found the showcases of the famous Castellani Collection with a part of the set of Greek and Etruscan vases that was donated to the municipality of Rome by Augusto Castellani in the mid-19th century. Centrale Montemartini[edit] This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2008) The Centrale Montemartini[2] is a former power station of Acea (active as a power-station between the 1890s and 1930s) in southern Rome, between Piramide and the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, close to the Metro station Garbatella. In 1997, the Centrale Montemartini was adapted to temporarily accommodate a part of the antique sculpture collection of the Capitoline museums, at that time closed for renovation; the temporary exhibition was so appreciated that the venue was eventually converted into a permanent museum.[3] Its permanent collection comprises 400 ancient statues, moved here during the reorganisation of the Capitoline Museums in 1997, along with tombs, busts, and mosaics. Many of them were excavated in the ancient Roman horti (e.g. the Gardens of Sallust) between the 1890s and 1930s, a fruitful period for Roman archaeology. They are displayed there along the lines of Tate Modern, except that (unlike there) the machinery has not been moved out.[4] Gallery[edit] The wounded Amazon, copy from original work by Phidias Capitoline Antinous Apollo Citharoedus Bust of Alexander-Helios Probably a copy of the statue of Artemis by Kephisodotos Bust of Augustus Bust of Cleopatra, Centrale Montemartini, Rome Commodus as Hercules Head of the bronze colossus of Constantine Head of the marble colossus of Constantine from the Basilica of Maxentius Cupid and Psyche Eros Capitolini Eros Thanatos The Dying Gaul Heracles fighting Statue from Horti Lamiani Dancing Maenad Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Mosaic. - Roman artwork from the 2d quarter of the 4th century AD Bernini's Medusa Statue of Athena, Centrale Montemartini, Rome Resting Satyr Leaning Satyr Leda and the Swan The Spinario Triton The Capitoline Venus (a Venus Pudica) Capitoline Wolf Wounded Warrior Roman Trophy displayed inside the Musei Capitolini courtyard Baby Herakles strangling a snake sent to kill him in his cradle (Roman marble, 2nd century AD) Play media Courtyard of the Capitoline Museum Panorama of busts displayed at Capitoline museum, Rome See also[edit] Capitoline Brutus References[edit] ^ AA. VV. Roma e dintorni, edito dal T.C.I. nel 1977, pag. 83. ISBN 88-365-0016-1. Sandra Pinto, in Roma, edito dal gruppo editoriale L'Espresso su licenza del T.C.I. nel 2004, pag. 443. ISBN 88-365-0016-1. AA. VV. La nuova enciclopedia dell'arte Garzanti, Garzanti editore, 2000, ISBN 88-11-50439-2, alla voce "museo". ^ Centrale Montemartini Archived October 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Centrale Montemartini". Inexhibit magazine. Retrieved March 7, 2016. ^ "Classical art & industrial archaeology". likealocalguide.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019. External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musei Capitolini. Capitoline Museums official website (English language version). Retrieved April 26, 2010. 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