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Haven't been there in a real long time. They have an excellent Greek and Roman art and sculpture section. They also have a complete hoplite shield from the 5th cent BC. That was cool. They have a very good collection of Dutch and Impressionist painters too, but I didn't spend a real lot of time there. Wanted to go to the Bunker Hill Monument as well, but I took the wrong subway. ::)Also went to RISD museum earlier this week and was quite impressed with their Greek/Roman art section.
Going to see a collection of Greek or Roman statuary makes Boston look young by comparison, doesn't it?
Some pics I took at RISD today (didn't have my camera last time) Pic of a tablet from Hadrian to Macedonia
The guy in charge.PS. Tried to post multiple pics in one post, but couldn't. Is it because all attachments combined are over 700?
Interesting…I did not know that Hadrian had a beard.The Romans did not use periods in their sentences (it came later in the early Middle Ages) so it's hard to read the tablet. Still, it's interesting. Thanks for posting it.
Yeah, I read somewhere that's a Greek thing with him. Don't think he was the only emperor with a beard but I believe he was the first.
There were a few with beards….Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, maybe Julian the Apostate. But you may be right that he was the first to sport facial hair.
Didn't Trajan have a beard too? i seem to remember the statue of Trajan I saw in Roma a few years ago showed him with a beard.
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