Ancient Treasures of the Vatican Museums
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Күн бұрынThe video explores the greatest masterpieces of Roman art in the Vatican Museums.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:52 Cortile della Pigna
2:53 Apoxyomenos
4:07 Apollo Belvedere
5:14 Laocoön and His Sons
6:50 Animal Room
8:42 Sleeping Ariadne
10:10 Apollo the Lizard-Killer
10:47 Cato and Portia
11:36 Colonna Venus
12:35 Belvedere Torso
13:27 Porphyry Basin
14:13 Antinous
15:14 Bronze Hercules
15:48 Imperial Sarcophagi
17:45 Conclusion
Thanks for watching!
@pegjames188 3 жыл бұрын
During ww2 my uncle who drove a petrol bowser lost his way and found himself at the Vatican, so what did he do ,he parked up and spent a few hours wandering throughout the museums all alone , he described to me the huge statues. He then rejoined his unit .
@binalith4898 2 жыл бұрын
awesome
@raphgalban2007 2 жыл бұрын
fun!
@jamesdykes517 2 жыл бұрын
Fun story.
@VictoriaMaxima 2 жыл бұрын
❤️
@matthewklein9225 Жыл бұрын
Unreal. Thanks for sharing
@magnvss 3 жыл бұрын
If that is what survived, imagine all that was lost, sacked, broken, repurposed, etc. At its peak Rome may have been a wonder to contemplate.
@65stang98 3 жыл бұрын
imagine all the silver and gold jewelry coins artwork that was melted down by the franks and gauls who sacked the western empire into new coins and stuff like that. buildings and monuments tore down for materials. and that goes for basically any culture that gets conquered. very little ever remains
@ryanwiese5280 3 жыл бұрын
The metal was the first thing to go. Then the marble, and marble panels, then finally the stone and brick. If the Coliseum's curtain wall hadn't collapsed in the 1370s, the whole thing probably would have been torn down for building material. The curtain wall material was enough to satisfy builders for atleast 300 years.
@stefanfilipov7254 3 жыл бұрын
At it's peak Rome was the worst possible regime that we know about. It's an age of slavery, brutality, oppression and humiliation and it's rulers displayed the worst and lowest unprecedented qualities of leadership such as Greed, Pride, Brutality....Madness. We ended the Romans hegemony for good, but for some reason we are forgotten and we study about the true barbarians, shrouded in gold and marble but with rotten souls....
@paytongreyson9322 3 жыл бұрын
a tip : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@romancallum9239 3 жыл бұрын
@Payton Greyson definitely, have been watching on Flixzone} for years myself :)
@donrobertson4611 3 жыл бұрын
In the early 1970s, while attending the University of Missouri-Columbia, I wandered into a building & discovered that up a flight of rickety stairs, in a third floor attic, there was a forgotten, dusty collection called The Cast Museum: plasters casts of great sculptures of antiquity. I went there repeatedly. There was never anyone else there, no attendant, no nothing. Nike of Samothrace, Laocoon, & many more, were jammed in the attic. I could've broken off Laocoon's son's foot & put it in my pocket. Since then, of course they've been 'discovered' & installed in a fancy campus museum. But they were all mine for a while....
@Devon_Howell 2 жыл бұрын
Miz! Beautiful campus with lots of secrets
@jamesbarnett2483 7 ай бұрын
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@craigthescott5074 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the Vatican and what you can see is absolutely amazing. Imagine what you can’t see.
@socialdistancejusticewarri8533 2 жыл бұрын
I am waiting for them to tear down those walls. Dope Francis needs to lead by example.
@ezakustam 2 жыл бұрын
@@socialdistancejusticewarri8533 Why do people say things like this? He's done so more than any pope in many lifetimes - maybe more so than any since the first. How can you watch this channel and not know how many downright evil popes there were?
@1hunglow582 2 жыл бұрын
@@socialdistancejusticewarri8533 what walls?
@DizZzaMcOwnage 2 жыл бұрын
Probably a metaphor
@Songbirdstress Жыл бұрын
Ha went to an expo of the hidden erotica...
@creeproot 3 жыл бұрын
I went to Rome 1 month ago. Best trip of my life. Also because there was practically no tourists, and I'm serious! I saw the forum, the Vatican museums, all the main plazas and still had time to enjoy the food, all of this in 3-4 days. Covid for once did something good... Would you believe me if I told you I went to the pantheon and it was practically empty? It was like magic
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I hope the city is still so untouristed when I take my own trip this summer.
@prkp7248 Жыл бұрын
I was in Rome in the middle of pandemic. It was great - almost zero tourist so you can access everything without waiting in line and because of lack of tourism there wasn't many scamers or annoying merchants trying to force you into buying something.
@brcienpartin5462 Жыл бұрын
Madvillain luck
@johnspurrier0001 3 жыл бұрын
When I die, I want to go all the way back to the beginning and press 'play' on the story of humanity and watch the whole thing beginning to end.
@Frederick.J.Marshall 3 жыл бұрын
The Islamic faith believe they see that in the next life.
@johnspurrier0001 3 жыл бұрын
@@Frederick.J.Marshall I've read their book, visited their mosque and participated in their prayers.... I missed this part.
@Frederick.J.Marshall 3 жыл бұрын
Sure you have.
@johnspurrier0001 2 жыл бұрын
@@Frederick.J.Marshall sure it does 🙄
@soisaidtogod4248 2 жыл бұрын
When you die, there is nothing.
@Rapid1453 3 жыл бұрын
easily the most impressive museum in the world, nbr of art pieces per m² is just ridiculous, they just don't know where to put it all. we did a tour with a wonderful guide (booked online in advance & just skipped all the lines) that included St Peters Basicila, one of the best days of my life.
@kamion53 2 жыл бұрын
the Vatcan is an impressive, but also an oldfashion museum using the display room as storage rooms. I think people would be pleased as much when a big part of what is shown now moved to archives or climat controlled depots and they organised theme related exhibitions. People only see and comprehense so an so much and the overkill on pieces exhausts the visitor. All the breath and sweat of the crowds must be defestating on the antics. Personally, the more a museum looks like a warehouse the quicker I go throught it.
@jennywagner8278 3 жыл бұрын
When my family and I went to Rome in 2001, we got up at 3 am to get in line for the museum. We were 5th in line! Totally worth it though. Love your channel!
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I admire your family's dedication. I could never make myself get line before about 7. Glad you enjoy the channel!
@El_Guap 2 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone When I went about 6 years ago my travel agent (a lady that spent 6 month a year in Italy in 6 in the United States) set the whole thing up... I don't know how she did it, but there was a Mercedes at our hotel at 9am, they took us to some entrance and we had a private tour... just myself and my girlfriend at the time. I never went through the detailed cost of the trip (the whole trip price was my biggest concern) but what ever we paid, it was worth it. I felt so bad for the people in the lines. If you can afford to, there are way to not have to wait in that line with the hoi polloi.
@CleverMonster101 2 жыл бұрын
I went to the Vatican museum last year in October. It was completely empty and I took my time and spent all day there. Going through a lot of Italy while it was empty was such a lucky experience
@KRISTIANITY_ 3 жыл бұрын
That thing about the line of people, it's true, and even more horrible than it sounds. When I went there, it was the last Sunday of the month, so the entrance was free. The line was even bigger than usual, it spanned from like 5 blocks away, and there were people with blankets on the pavement. We got in the line at like 9 in the morning, and we reached the museum at around 2 in the afternoon. But you know what, it was all worth it. I went there for 3 things mainly - Michelangelo, the Augustus of Prima Porta, and Laocoon and his sons. And I saw them. Augustus was even moved to a temporary location, where I could see him up close, centimeters away from me. If I had dropped dead at the museum exit, I would have died happy.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling...
@irenerodriguez6593 2 ай бұрын
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@annieroche22 3 жыл бұрын
I paid for a really good tour of the vatican museums. I was able to skip the queue.I even got to see the briamante staircase. By the time of got the st Peters basilica 4 hours later, I was exhausted. Can't wait to go back for the third time later this year.
@El_Guap 2 жыл бұрын
When I went about 6 years ago my travel agent (a lady that spent 6 month a year in Italy in 6 in the United States) set the whole thing up... I don't know how she did it, but there was a Mercedes at our hotel at 9am, they took us to some entrance and we had a private tour... just myself and my girlfriend at the time. I never went through the detailed cost of the trip (the whole trip price was my biggest concern) but what ever we paid, it was worth it. I felt so bad for the people in the lines. If you can afford to, there are way to not have to wait in that line with the hoi polloi.
@ErikLoney 2 жыл бұрын
I am continually impressed with the amount of knowledge you share in these videos.. like the casual mention of the runaway sled... It's so fun listening your videos. Thank you.
@dorothyannsimpson1808 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting vid! But I think you should tell people that they can buy tickets at the Vatican Post Office and skip the line. 😁
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's definitely the way to go
@twiley3530 3 жыл бұрын
I did that and mailed to friends and myself. It was fun!
@L-mo 3 жыл бұрын
or just buy them on line
@apostolibroadcasting5120 3 жыл бұрын
The long line usually is on every 3rd Sunday of the month when entrance is free. I tried once
@L-mo 3 жыл бұрын
@@apostolibroadcasting5120 no there’s pretty much permanently a long line.
@michaelhoffmann2891 2 жыл бұрын
This brings back so many memories. My wife and I visited for my birthday. We splurged on a private, accredited tour guide, so got to walk past the lines with a smug grin on our face to a separate entrance. I went again the next day by myself (wife went shopping - she still starts hyperventilating when talking about the shopping in Rome). The two things that for some reason stuck in my head the most: the room of tomb markers showing how shockingly young people often died - even those who could even afford such a marker! So many "ann XX" and "ann XVII" etc. So many female names at that age, possibly death during childbirth. 😭The second one - and the one I really would like to be left alone with for a day or two, with a forklift and a waiting truck - was the room full of breathtakingly detailed animal statuary as shown in the video. Normally roped off to keep the hordes at a distance, we were allowed to get up close. I wanted to take them all with me!
@josephlloyd9636 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I enjoy your videos immensely!🤩 Wonderful detail!! Amazing and I wish only for more more more & longer videos..ty!
@robbicu 3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the bits of humor you threw in.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@XX-gy7ue 3 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !! I've never enjoyed an art history video as much as I did this one - THE BEST , GREAT WORK !
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@8pelagic610 3 жыл бұрын
I laughed with delight all through this wonderful work, from the traumatic Vatican entrance experience (nailed it!) through to the conclusion. What a gem. Thank you.
@bethwilliams4903 Жыл бұрын
One of the nifty details about the Laocoon is that yes it was discovered in 1506 but uncovered by architect Sangallo, who brought in his pal Michelangelo to identify it - keep in mind no one had seen the statuary since antiquity, only read about this wonder of Greek sculpture. Recently a theory has been put forward that the Laocoon is in fact not from Antiquity at all, but a forgery, by or all people, Michelangelo. A giveaway is that ancient writers marveled that the original Laocoon had been carved from one block of marble - Michelangelo pooh-poohed that idea to the Pope, no, it was 4 blocks of marble, just cleverly fitted together!
@26japrey 2 жыл бұрын
I did the Vatican tour but spent the extra money and got in early and had a buffet breakfast in the pine cone court yard and got our tour started an hour before opening to the public. We had no crowds and a private guide explaining everything. It was phenomenal
@prokkle 2 жыл бұрын
The Vatican Museums has a really great sarcophagus collection of Roman and early Christian sarcophagi. Common Roman themes and scenes like wheat ears and grape clusters continued to be used in Christian tombs but interpreted as a reference to the bread and wine of the Last Supper. Pastoral scenes of shepherds and sheep became allusions to the Good Shepherd and his flock of souls. There is also a child's sarcophagus, with a heart-rending scene of the extended family gathering around a little boy's deathbed. I was more impressed with these than the Sistine Chapel ceiling!
@cristianvera8506 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the virtual tour,awesome job 🙌👏☝️
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@marcmalki734 3 жыл бұрын
The best original Greek sculptures ( although often fragmentary ) are in another special beautiful modern gallery that is not shown here.
@larrypalmer7136 2 жыл бұрын
A very informative, interesting, and well narrated virtual vacation. Thanks for the video.
@donaldauguston9740 2 жыл бұрын
I loved this. Thank you for posting! DA from Vancouver, WA
@ms.donaldson2533 3 жыл бұрын
That was AWESOME! Thank YOU for producing :)
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@walkaboutnewyork3413 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent guide: informative & entertaining. Have visited Musei Vaticani three times. Always eager to see & learn more about this treasure trove of beauty. Thanks!
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad you enjoyed it!
@patjohn775 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for helping all of us continue learning post university. We appreciate you!
@angrykatrants 3 жыл бұрын
bless this channel, i could listen to you for hourssssss
@spef7396 2 жыл бұрын
I find your description of moving through the thr crowd very amusing, it wasn't as bad as the photos you show when I visited but my main memory of thr whole event was the crowd! Great vids keep it up 🤙
@alessandrogallo2870 3 жыл бұрын
10 years ago, we went to Rome for a school's trip and we had the Luck that the museum was quite empty. It was delightful to have the Time to stop and watch. Plus the explication of the guide if i recall correctly. It was nice.
@MechanicalFrog Жыл бұрын
We traveled to Rome in March of 23' and decided to pay the extra money for an early morning Vatican tour. It was worth every penny as we didn't have to wait in lines and were done seeing everything before the place got too busy before lunch. If you have the means, I would definitely recommend it as the Vatican tour guide was very friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly cared for the content she was sharing with us.
@orchidorio 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this video! I've been to the Vatican. Now I want to go to Rome and see these things for myself! (4/16/21)
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! Making this video made me want to go back to Rome myself.
@robdoubleyou4918 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the guided tour of these treasures! Gratias tibi!
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@basmeisters3 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Given the crowd, I think I enjoy these statues more in your video than in real life. You missed one of my favorites. Thedeath of the Gaul, I think I saw it in the octogon in you overview, but for a brief few seconds only. I saw this statue on a picture when I was 15 years old and couldn't keep my eyes of it.
@geliicaaa 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I really love this ♥️
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@kellyharrison5184 Жыл бұрын
Another fascinating tour through the art of the ancient world. Thank you!
@0nier0s 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Keep these up!
@peterrodgers2048 2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful series. Subscribed.
@user-uj2lt9po7s 11 ай бұрын
Another fascinating tour through the art of the ancient world. Thank you!. Another fascinating tour through the art of the ancient world. Thank you!.
@chrismcdonald6942 3 жыл бұрын
Pro tip, go to the museum during a papal address, usually Wednesday mornings. My wife and I walked right in, no lineup at all.
@pelicanus2197 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video. You should consider doing one abt the Palazzo Altemps. Beautiful building and collection and best of all, no crowds.
@ladysylvia4018 2 жыл бұрын
You crack me up!😂Roman garden gnomes! You are what I wished my history teachers were! I will binge on your videos and buy your book!!
@Sumermak 3 жыл бұрын
This was great! Do more!!
@goagsie 3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos 👍 also, love this one particularly because I was one of those fatigued tourists 😳
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@paulcapaccio9905 3 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video. BRAVO
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jannovak6987 10 ай бұрын
awesome video thank you
@Paramonos 3 жыл бұрын
Superb - thanks!
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@mzbeabout 3 жыл бұрын
Roman statues: high-class garden gnomes...learn something new everyday.🙂
@henderson01993 3 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@scars4all834 3 жыл бұрын
I hope I can go there some day, but thank you for this (:
@lalaLAX219 2 жыл бұрын
I paid for a group tour of the Vatican with a guide, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience! It’s a bit surprising for me to hear that others have such a nightmarish experience-I honestly had no idea the lines are so bad because we were able to mostly avoid the longest ones. I’ll try to do that again if I go back!
@dompedroii4656 2 жыл бұрын
Great vídeo my friend
@gharqad 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I'd been able to see this video - and this wonderful channel - prior to suffering the Vatican death-march myself. It was exactly as you describe, and by the time we were herded into the Sistine Chapel the idiocy of the crowd and the rudeness of the staff left me wanting only to get the hell out of the Vatican, and as a result I saw none of these remarkable rooms.
@Benjaminwolf 3 жыл бұрын
I have been to the Vatican Museums, 1998. Line wasn't too long. Crowds not too bad. I remember having to ask and ask again to find the laocaoon statue. Looking forward to your video of the National Museum in Istanbul. I visited it in 1973. I remember it being crowded and musty, with many beautiful items displayed outside on the grounds.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Istanbul Museum is a wonderful place. The last two times I visited, unfortunately, many of the rooms were closed for earthquake-proofing (of all things). Hopefully I'll be able to do a proper tour the next time around.
@gailhowes9398 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my, I would never go there! You are the best solution as well as full of information !
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@joshuapatrick682 5 ай бұрын
I am someone relieved that deep inside an underground network of vaults almost a millennia old countless works of art, knowledge, mystery and even heresy are being maintained and preserved. The Vatican is the longest lived state in the western world, it is only fitting that it would house so much from across that time.
@rickkigorman1556 17 күн бұрын
great video
@blauwzakjecrack 3 жыл бұрын
9:35 Making file out of a solid marble colums just so you can make 2 new colums that look alike.
@ragingchaosgod 3 жыл бұрын
High class lawn gnomes... words I'd never thought I'd hear...
@timlangley1611 3 жыл бұрын
Lpp
@billiamtrillion 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if you're one for any early 2010's video games Dr. Ryan, but Assassin's Creed Brotherhood has a fairly accurate recreation (for the time (2010)) of Old St Peter's Basilica, Colosseum, Parthenon, some of Rome, and The Vatican circa 1500 AD. A lot of the game is more strange and set in fiction but it was always fun for me to get to run around through a fairly accurate recreation of an older Rome with a mix of its different eras. There are plenty of videos on KZfaq of the game that show it off really well. Cheers and thanks for all of the amazing videos
@chillinvibin6057 Жыл бұрын
I must’ve went on a great day. Almost no line and very light crowd all the way through (besides the chapel). I loved my experience there
@icedteacatfish 2 жыл бұрын
WHAT?! Can we please get a follow up on Augustus’ gator farm? I’m VERY intrigued
@Hmfirestormz 2 жыл бұрын
i was blessed to go in the winter.. it was empty. no line.. go during christmas and new year. the weather is great and the lines are almost nonexistent.
@jamesmarkey5946 2 жыл бұрын
It's such a treat not to do any walking I'm enjoy your private tour
@LostCylon 3 жыл бұрын
As most do, I thought I had seen most famous statues. Happily, I was wrong, Thank you :)
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@Wosiewose 2 жыл бұрын
"a rather underutilized cloak slung from one shoulder"... that's classic :D
@Peter-lm3ic 2 жыл бұрын
There is no doubt that if visiting Rome the Vatican Museum is a must see!
@truecerium4924 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the Uffici in Florence which are also full of Roman gypsum copies of Greek statues
@worldcitizeng6507 3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky when I visited the Vatican Museum during my second visit to Rome many years ago, it not overly crowded and I didn't have to waited too long for my ticket. The guard was even happy to help me took some pics :) This brings back sweet memories. Do you also have videos on the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, which is full of sculptures & statues spilling over the garden, it's usually not notice by visitors after a long day at the Topkapi Place. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is another great museum to learn in details.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I do have a collection of photos from the Istanbul Archaeological Museum (I've always liked that garden), and I may make a video with them sometime this summer. Stay tuned...
@kamion53 2 жыл бұрын
must been with the mobile, a gadget not as widespread when I visited the Vatican and the guards in the Sistine Chapel were constant hissing: NO PICTURES!!.
@leonardodavid2842 3 жыл бұрын
I went to the Vatican museums multiple times (even during the lockdown). I always managed to get when it is somewhat empty (add the lockdown to that, I was completly alone at times, I went a week before it was closed to the public). I suggest going late evening, in special occasions. Usually one cannot enter when this “special” occasions come out, and they are totally random (always in very low seasons, so working days in winter, last time I went in summer) and much more expensive than usual. However I highly suggested trying to see if tickets are available. Apparently nuns (and they can bring groups or friends) are prioritized during this periods and pay the normal price if anything. + Apparently there have been possibility to go even at night or very early morning. However this are very special occasions.
@megenberg8 3 жыл бұрын
just visit in winter - very comfortable.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I went in December once (before the Christmas season) and was amazed by how uncrowded the museum was.
@timog7358 2 жыл бұрын
wonderful
@theorixlux2605 2 жыл бұрын
5:55 Laocoon ? I remember reading it was a preistesse named Cassandra or something like that that got murked by two snakes.
@barbarawillis5187 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@TucanSam75 2 жыл бұрын
They should start building "virtual vacations" into history class curriculum for kids. Such a great way to introduce kids to history when their imaginations are already bussin'.
@lablackzed 3 жыл бұрын
To truly see all of Rome and the Vatican museums would take a life time.
@paulcapaccio9905 3 жыл бұрын
It would take longer
@jakemcguinness9989 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Was wondering where the title etching is from?
@andydufresne8034 2 жыл бұрын
The great thing about youtube is I can visit the tourist traps virtually and yet get a better tour and figure out in advance to spare myself the trip. Like youtube has helped me realize I don't actually want a Lamborghini Countach after all, or any other money pit classic car.
@Tmanaz480 3 жыл бұрын
Did you study narration under Chef John? :-) You even riffed oh his closing tag: "and as always..."
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
I was his first and greatest pupil.
@MikeS29 3 жыл бұрын
I almost typed the same thing! I said aloud, "...enjoy!" when he said "as always."
@jimgordon6629 2 жыл бұрын
I was there last week. Nowhere near the aforementioned crowds, including at the Sistine Chapel. Journey to the Sistine Chapel is, alas! Indeed a Death March! There is no mercy shown at the Vatican to the old or infirm, or indeed practically anywhere in Italy! The first time I saw a handicapped parking spot on Rome was, I think, the last time. But compensated for by a wonderful Friday pm buffet at the Vatican. Strongly recommend all to the hale and hearty!
@richardcleveland8549 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating . . . and quirkily appropriate that so many tributes to pagans and pagan gods should end up in the holy of holies of Roman Christendom. Well done.
@kevinhouse7143 Жыл бұрын
I was at the Vatican Museum in May 2022. We got our tickets online and basically walked right in. We did the "march of death to the sistine chapel" but it wasn't as bad as your photo suggests. My only regret is that we weren't allowed to take photos in the sistine chapel... we then toured the Basilica and made our way, by foot, up to the top of the dome. The views were amazing.
@MechanicalFrog Жыл бұрын
When we went into the Sistine Chapel, after being told at least six times not to take our our phones, someone from the group ahead of us took his out and snapped a photo. The guards were on him very quickly. They made him delete the photo and then kicked him out.
@kevinhouse7143 Жыл бұрын
@@MechanicalFrog Whoa! Yeah I got the sense that they weren't fooling around. It would be very hard to get any decent photo of the ceiling normally as you'd need to get a proper setup and lighting to really see anything. Buying a souvenoir photo book would be a better way to go.
@irenebecker4815 Жыл бұрын
Love the wry comments. Thanks for this series :D
@turbo.panther 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the very interesting and amusing vids. 'controversial lack of drapery', 'under any reasonable drinking age' lol
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I try to keep things entertaining...
@Tannerislegend 2 жыл бұрын
what I remember best about the Sistine Chapel: an angry Italian shouting incessantly into a microphone, “SILENCIO, NO PHOTOGRAPH, NO VIDEO” really takes you out of the moment of witnessing perhaps the most legendary art ever created
@dyinggaul8365 3 жыл бұрын
He’s right. I need more told in stone!
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Stay tuned...
@ThefamousZozo Жыл бұрын
Hello Toldinstone, I love your content! Can you tell me who the artist of your title card is? They ewoke so much antiquity and richness, I want to put one in my home.
@dickJohnsonpeter 2 жыл бұрын
I'm reading through some of these comment threads and I've never seen so many crazy people in one place.
@kamion53 2 жыл бұрын
it's been years ago I went to the Vatican Museum and ou know I don't remember being in a line for hours ot it been as crowded as one of the pictures shown. I do however remember our guide knew a short cut out of the Sistine Chapel avoiding the whole walk back. We had to be quick, because the guards did not like it people using that door.
@TXMEDRGR Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I visited in 1978, it was crowded back then.
@seasirena2787 3 жыл бұрын
A picture is worth a thousand words.
@nokaton 3 жыл бұрын
You can visit the museum during the winter holidays and it is much less crowded. And if you are lucky enough, it will be open for free on the Christmas day or New Year's day, with almost no people inside (because it's free so no tour group is arranged on that day, just individual visitors).
@arthurheine6522 3 жыл бұрын
thats quite ironic. the building erected to commemorate the life and death of Jesus is too busy on one of his most holy days to give tours.
@nixxxon18 3 жыл бұрын
It is hot true that porphyry is only found in east Egypt... Iran and Sudan have it aswell.
@chaughten 2 жыл бұрын
This is better than going, I hate lines and getting COVID
@wolfgangk1 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@sforbesgocka 3 жыл бұрын
3:40 A student of Lysippos later went on to design the Colossus of Rhodes
@Misses-Hippy Жыл бұрын
I went there in '91 with SATO, a tour company catering to the US military. Everything went just fine, not at all like your experience. And if I remember right, I was there for xmas. Saw the pope twice, xmas mass and all - fwiw.
@jamesmarkey5946 2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't wait to get out of there myself
@_VICK_ 3 жыл бұрын
For those complaining about the speed: There is this nifty feature in YT called playback speed. Yeah you can control the speed of the video and the narration. Cool right? Just go to the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner, hit playback speed and slow it down to 0.75x and waaaallaaa! Problem solved. You’re welcome.
@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated...
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