| Why, one might ask, would modern
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| | the emperor committed suicide to avoid
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| civilization owe a debt of gratitude to
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| | execution. Following his death, the lake
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| the unpopular, infamous Roman emperor
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| | was drained, the Colosseum constructed in
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| Nero, dead two thousand years ago by his
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| | its place, and Nero's colossal head was
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| own hand? For those folks not tuned in to
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| | decapitated from the colossal body of the
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| their own historical roots, Nero is an
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| | Neronis, then replaced with the heads of
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| important part of your culture, not just
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| | succeeding emperors. Said to be an
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| a computer software tool for burning
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| | embarrassment to the city, the Golden
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| compact disks. Nero gathered a
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| | House was denuded of its decorations
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| magnificent collection of classical Greek
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| | within ten years, and subsequently buried
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| sculpture from all over the Roman Empire,
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| | beneath new construction within forty
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| most of which was lost following his
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| | years.That would seem to be the end of
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| downfall. Why should you care about
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| | Nero's Golden House, but something
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| Nero's story?--because what happened to
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| | strange happened to bring it back to life
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| him influences the way you look at the
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| | at the end of the fifteenth century. A
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| world every day.You may have heard the
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| | young Roman was walking on the Aventine
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| tale of how Nero fiddled while Rome
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| | hill only to fall into a hole into a
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| burned in 64 A.D. First, let us lay that
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| | subterranean wonderland. He landed in the
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| story to rest. Despite the hatred he
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| | Domus Aurea, buried beneath the Baths of
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| engendered in the Roman populace for his
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| | Trajan. There he saw incredible frescoes,
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| many atrocities, there is no evidence to
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| | appearing to be freshly painted as if
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| support this rumor. In fact, he appears
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| | new. The site of this accident drew
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| to have been rather helpful to a
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| | Italian artists from far and wide.Raphael
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| devastated Rome during that period. No,
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| | and Michelangelo visited the site, and
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| we cannot give him credit for the burning
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| | some artists of the time inscribed their
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| of Rome, but Nero had many other
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| | names into the walls. From the depths of
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| monstrous acts with which we can credit
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| | Nero's pleasure palace, from the
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| him--using Christians as human torches
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| | frescoes, mosaics, and sculpture, they
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| comes first to mind. One of Nero's chief
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| | took inspiration, an inspiration that
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| failings was vanity. Nero considered
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| | would be reflected in the art of the High
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| himself to be enormously talented in all
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| | Renaissance. As the Domus Aurea with its
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| things: art, drama, athletics, and, of
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| | new antique source material was explored,
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| course, music, a fiddler extraordinaire
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| | one classical Greek sculpture was
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| he claimed. Perhaps he was. We are told
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| | unearthed on a day that Michelangelo
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| that he won every single competition he
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| | happened to visit. It was the Laocoon, a
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| entered, whether artistic or athletic,
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| | marble work by famed Greek Hellenistic
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| from fiddling to chariot racing and every
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| | sculptors, Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and
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| thing in between. We are further told
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| | Polydoros of Rhodes.Laocoon, a
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| that the reason he always won was because
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| | mythological subject, depicts the Trojan
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| really unpleasant things happened to
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| | priest Laocoon with his two sons in a
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| anyone who bested him.Nero made good use
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| | struggle against a giant sea snake, a
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| of the wide-spread destruction of Rome.
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| | punishment from the gods for warning the
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| The emperor's own house, the Domus
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| | Trojans about the Trojan horse. Its
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| Transitoria, was destroyed in the fire,
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| | powerful emotional content and vigorous
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| but free space was now available in the
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| | muscularity would soon be reflected in
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| crowded city, now burned out. Nero took
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| | the works of Renaissance giants
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| advantage of that space to build a
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| | Michelangelo and Raphael. This work and
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| pleasure palace, his Domus Aurea, or
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| | others like it from Nero's private
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| Golden House. The Domus Aurea was not a
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| | collection of classical Greek sculpture
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| place for sleeping, because Nero had
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| | profoundly influenced Italian Renaissance
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| other lodgings for that. Nero outfitted
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| | art, and it is from this art that we have
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| his Domus Aurea with priceless treasures,
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| | developed our own modern aesthetic
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| including his collection of classical
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| | sensibilities.Had Nero not been the
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| Greek sculpture.Described by Pliny the
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| | demented, despotic monster that he was,
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| Elder, Nero built the Domus Aurea of
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| | had his Golden House not been entombed,
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| bricks and stucco, lavishly embellished
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| | buried beneath the Baths of Trajan for
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| it with gold-leaf decoration and ivory
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| | two millennia, his classical Greek
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| veneer, and he studded the ceilings with
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| | sculpture collection might have been lost
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| semi-previous stones. One ceiling
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| | like so many other significant art works
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| actually rotated and sprinkled perfume,
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| | of its kind. Without Nero, we might not
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| cranked laboriously by slaves. The Domus
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| | appreciate beauty when we see it.Brenda
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| Aurea covered 350 acres, roughly a third
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| | Harness is an art historian and former
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| of Rome, spanning four of the Seven Hills
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| | university lecturer writing about a
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| of Rome in the heart of the city. The
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| | variety of topics pertaining to art and
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| grounds of the Domus Aurea featured
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| | art history. She owns Fine Art Touch, a
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| villas, vineyards, forests, a sacred
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| | website devoted to the exploration of
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| grove, pastures for livestock, and an
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| | Italian Renaissance art, featuring
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| artificial lake.Nero erected a 120 foot
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| | articles on works from Renaissance giants
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| bronze statue of himself in the center
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| | such as Michelangelo and Leonardo to
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| dressed as the sun god, Sol, his Colossus
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| | lesser-known artists such as Verrocchio
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| Neronis. The Colossus would be the sole
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| | and Perugino. The articles include images
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| survivor of Nero's Golden House. In 68
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| | of the artwork to help the reader better
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| A.D. the Roman Senate declared Nero an
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| | understand the work being discussed.
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| enemy of the state, a death sentence, and
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