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The Roman Case - Case study - The Burke/Lonvig Model
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Jung's approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth
psychology and in counter cultural movements across the globe.
He emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of
dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy.
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Walking in Rome.
Seeing the highlights of Rome.
The Forum of Rome, the Arch of Septimus
Severus, the Arch of Titus, The Coliseum,
Pantheon, The Trevi Fountain, The Spanish
Stairs, Il Vitoriano, Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme with floor mosaics,
National Gallery of Modern Art - Galleria
Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Circus Maximus,
Piazza Navona, Bernini's fountains, Piazza Della
Rotonda, Via Appia and the Catacombs, The
Vatican, Michelangelo’s “Creation of
Adam”,…….Tivoli.
Travelling in Italy:
Siena, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Assisi,
L’Aquila, Vieste, Monte Sant’Angelo, Andria,
Castel Del Monte, Bari, Martina Franca,
Locorotondo, Alberobello, Paestum, Sorrento,
and Napoli.
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Sitting at a restaurant on Piazza della Rotonda.
Looking up at Pantheon’s inscription on the gable:
M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT,
which means “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius,
consul for the third time, built this”.
Drinking a cup of espresso.
Philosophizing how amazing Rome is
as inspiration for a series of art creations…
“Septimius Severus”
Inspired by the Arch of Septimus Severus
erected A.D. 203 in The Forum of Rome
by the emperor Septimus Severus
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“Coliseum”
Inspired by my sons’ enthusiastic interest in gladiators, by the gladiators’ bloody fights,
by the gladiator’s circumstances of life,
and by the feeling of that violent atmosphere sitting quietly down
on the first rows of the Coliseum
listening to the high sounds of steel.
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“Fighting to the Death”
Inspired by gladiators fighting to the death in the
Coliseum in Rome
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“Via Sacra”
Inspired by the "holy street" from
Coliseum to the Arch of Titus in
the Forum of Rome, by Via Appia,
and by the streets in Saepinum, in
Paestum, and in Pompei.
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“Adam and God”
inspired by Michelangelo's (1475-1564) renaissance fresco
"Creation of Adam" (1508-1512).
It is part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling decoration
in The Vatican Museums in Rome.
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“Pantheon”
Inspired by the ceiling of Pantheon.
Next time you stand in this huge
church room
looking at the hole in the ceiling
try to take a closer look at the ceiling itself…
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“Casale di San Basilio”
Inspired by a floor mosaic in axonometric perspective –
military projection, by the vestibule of a Roman villa near the
Casale di San Basilio on via Nomentana. The mosaic is from the first century BC.
The floor mosaic was exhibited along with a large number of other mosaics at
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme
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“Italian Soul”
Inspired by Italian colors. The Italian flag. Coliseum. Gladiators.
Italian food. Italian wine. Italian lifestyle.
Italian landscapes. Toscana.
Italian culture in Rome.
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“Grotte Celoni”
Inspired by a floor mosaic from
the locality known as
Grotte Celoni on Via Casilina.
The Via Casilina was a road born from
the fusion of two
ancient roads in Italy:
the Via Latina and the Via Labicana.
It connected Rome to ancient
Casilinum
(today Capua near Naples).
It entered Rome via Porta Maggiore,
the most monumental gate of the
Aurelian walls.
The mosaic is from the end of the first
century BC - beginning
of the first century AD.
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“Roma”
Inspired by the my
youngest son's experience
of a lifetime he saw a soccer team
ROMA match
on the Olympic Stadium in
Rome.
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Italy outside Rome…
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“Opus Reticulatum”
Inspired by buildings in Saepinum,
Paestum, Pompei, by
The Forum of Rome,
and by antique masonry.
Most frequent types
of Roman faced
concrete buildings are
Opus Incertum,
Opus Testaceum or
Opus Reticulatum.
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”Piazza san Marco”
inspired by a stay in
Venice, violin music, cups
of espresso, Murano
Glass and then the tiles of
the square. There is a
certain pattern of write
tiles.
The red dot is the glass
stopper of the glass
decanter, that I bought on
Piazza san Marco.
Murano Glass it was.
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”San Francesco”
Inspired by Francis of Assisi.
By a stay in the beautiful town
Assisi.
And by Francis’ light view of
Christianity, which is
symbolized by the gray cross.
The diametrically opposite to
the view of the established
church, which is symbolized
by the black cross.
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“Castel Del Monte”
Inspired by the legends about
Castel del Monte in Puglia, Italy
and by the mathematics and the
astronomy behind.
To construct the shape of the
outer and inner wall:
Draw 4 rectangles according to
the golden ratio.
The shorter side is multiplied by
1.618 and you have the length of
the longer side.
Arrange the rectangles crosswise
rotating each 45 degrees.
The walls are the two octagons.
In 1996 Castel del Monte was
included into the world heritage
protected by UNESCO.
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Temple of Neptune
Inspired by the temple of Neptune (Poseidon) in the Greek colony
Poseidonia south of Salona - renamed to Paestum by the Romans
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Let’s see some (virtual)
sculptures in Rome…
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Sky of Navona
Piazza Navona, Rome
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Pray
Piazza S. Pietro, Rome
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Septimus Severus - E45 Entrance to Rome
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