Comments on: 2nd Century AD bust looks like Elvis http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242176 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242176 bubba hotep? bubba hotep?

]]> By: Hentosz http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241923 Hentosz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241923 Lemme guess: it was from Caesar's Palace -- right? Lemme guess: it was from Caesar’s Palace — right?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242179 This is not a true "bust", obviously since it's just a head, but it's also not even a free standing piece of statuary. It looks like an Acroterion, an architectural ornament. Acroteria were usually in the form of palmettes. It looks like the sculptor kept the traditional shape by giving this guy the flamboyant hair so reminiscent of Elvis. This is not a true “bust”, obviously since it’s just a head, but it’s also not even a free standing piece of statuary. It looks like an Acroterion, an architectural ornament. Acroteria were usually in the form of palmettes. It looks like the sculptor kept the traditional shape by giving this guy the flamboyant hair so reminiscent of Elvis.

]]> By: insect_hooves http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241925 insect_hooves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241925 "Tedere me ama" I tenere me, suaviter Ama intime Me beasti dulciter Et nunc amo te Tenere me adama Vero somnio Amo te, o lux mea: Fiat unio. (<a href="http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Crooner_with_a_calling_sings_Elvis__08152007.html">from</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Lives-Forever-Latin-Elvis/dp/B00008FAHD">this</a>) “Tedere me ama”

I tenere me, suaviter
Ama intime
Me beasti dulciter
Et nunc amo te
Tenere me adama
Vero somnio
Amo te, o lux mea: Fiat unio.

(from this)

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241927 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241927 De Elvibus non disputandum. De Elvibus non disputandum.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241928 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241928 >>#4 posted by Hentosz , July 23, 2008 4:47 PM >> >>Lemme guess: it was from Caesar's Palace -- right? Nope, it's a crouton from a Caesar salad. Hard on the teeth though... >>#4 posted by Hentosz , July 23, 2008 4:47 PM
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>>Lemme guess: it was from Caesar’s Palace — right?

Nope, it’s a crouton from a Caesar salad. Hard on the teeth though…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241931 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241931 http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/ancient-egyptian-woman-or-michael-jackson.html http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/ancient-egyptian-woman-or-michael-jackson.html

]]> By: local_variable http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242447 local_variable Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242447 Well, this inspired me to create an account to just include this photo from Flickr (an even better Elvis on a sarcophagus): <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12061153@N08/2697922375/">Elvis on a sarcophagus</a> (I sure hope I put the link in correctly...) Well, this inspired me to create an account to just include this photo from Flickr (an even better Elvis on a sarcophagus):

Elvis on a sarcophagus

(I sure hope I put the link in correctly…)

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241938 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241938 "Elvis has LEFT the foundation of the building..." “Elvis has LEFT the foundation of the building…”

]]> By: FutureNerd http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241941 FutureNerd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241941 Did I forget to mention Did I forget to mention Memphis? Home of Elvis and the Ancient Greeks Did I forget to mention
Did I forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the
Ancient Greeks

]]> By: Orchestra Spy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241943 Orchestra Spy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241943 #9 hahaha that's priceless. No, the fat elvis head. How about a hunka-hunka-burning love? #9 hahaha that’s priceless. No, the fat elvis head.
How about a hunka-hunka-burning love?

]]> By: Frank_in_Virginia http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241951 Frank_in_Virginia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241951 Isn't it technically "Elvis looks like 2nd Century AD bust" Isn’t it technically “Elvis looks like 2nd Century AD bust”

]]> By: Rummager http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241957 Rummager Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241957 Elvis is everywhen! Elvis is everywhen!

]]> By: Contrasoma http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241959 Contrasoma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241959 Wise men say only fools rush to blame the Great Fire on the Christian minority. Wise men say only fools rush to blame the Great Fire on the Christian minority.

]]> By: takeshi http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241967 takeshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241967 Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the <i>Amphitheatrum Flavium</i>. Eh, it's jut not the same. Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the Amphitheatrum Flavium.

Eh, it’s jut not the same.

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241970 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241970 Looks like Mojo Nixon to me. Looks like Mojo Nixon to me.

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241971 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241971 For those of you who don't know him, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hkIN38qnY">Mojo Nixon</i> For those of you who don’t know him, Mojo Nixon

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241974 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241974 <i>Elvis has left the Amphitheatrum Flavium. Eh, it's just not the same.</i> But it's a good point, because it was during the Flavian dynasty that Roman bust portraiture took a turn toward the grotesque. I'm not sure what political considerations drove Elvis to take a turn toward the grotesque, but I'm glad that he did. My only regret is that James Dean didn't live long enough to wear a white, rhinestone-studded sausage casing. Elvis has left the Amphitheatrum Flavium. Eh, it’s just not the same.

But it’s a good point, because it was during the Flavian dynasty that Roman bust portraiture took a turn toward the grotesque. I’m not sure what political considerations drove Elvis to take a turn toward the grotesque, but I’m glad that he did. My only regret is that James Dean didn’t live long enough to wear a white, rhinestone-studded sausage casing.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241979 planettom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241979 Actually he looks a bit like the Safety Not Guaranteed Time Traveler. http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/ Actually he looks a bit like the Safety Not Guaranteed Time Traveler.

http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241984 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241984 It looks like an Oompa-Loompa king! It looks like an Oompa-Loompa king!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241987 Two great Kings of the modern world have appeared, sculpted by two great empires of the ancient world. When the third King is revealed, he will take his place beside He of Pop and He of Rock to welcome our returning savior. Two great Kings of the modern world have appeared, sculpted by two great empires of the ancient world. When the third King is revealed, he will take his place beside He of Pop and He of Rock to welcome our returning savior.

]]> By: Jo_Mullins http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242245 Jo_Mullins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242245 In a similar vein, this bust from the Met in NYC is the spitting image of Voldemort (or at least the Ralph Fiennes version): http://www.flickr.com/photos/annarchy1/2093371361/in/set-72157603398210460/ In a similar vein, this bust from the Met in NYC is the spitting image of Voldemort (or at least the Ralph Fiennes version):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/annarchy1/2093371361/in/set-72157603398210460/

]]> By: konshuss http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241990 konshuss Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241990 if elvis had lived a bit longer i think all the coke would've done that to his nose too. if elvis had lived a bit longer i think all the coke would’ve done that to his nose too.

]]> By: Chocolatey Shatner http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242504 Chocolatey Shatner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242504 Sort of reminds me of a plot point from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Book-Dead-Armageddon-Remake/dp/0552139238/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216911972&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">The Suburban Book of the Dead: Armageddon III: The Remake</a> by Robert Rankin. Sort of reminds me of a plot point from The Suburban Book of the Dead: Armageddon III: The Remake by Robert Rankin.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-241996 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-241996 I gotta' say, you commenters make me laugh like crazy. Thanks. I gotta’ say, you commenters make me laugh like crazy. Thanks.

]]> By: ladouceur78 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242004 ladouceur78 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242004 Not so much the hair, but this fellow has got the sideburns down: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_ladouceur/449315195/ Not so much the hair, but this fellow has got the sideburns down:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_ladouceur/449315195/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242007 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242007 Antonious, that rocked! Personally, I suspect the Flavian busts were fairly accurate representations of the hairstyles and fashions of the day, and the advances in drilling technique simply allowed more lifelike replication of the absurdity of period style. I like the republican era stuff best. Lookit this guy - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ropo/ho_12.233.htm (He looks just like me, only without pupils or a mohawk.) --Charlie Antonious, that rocked! Personally, I suspect the Flavian busts were fairly accurate representations of the hairstyles and fashions of the day, and the advances in drilling technique simply allowed more lifelike replication of the absurdity of period style.

I like the republican era stuff best. Lookit this guy -

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ropo/ho_12.233.htm

(He looks just like me, only without pupils or a mohawk.)

–Charlie

]]> By: takeshi http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242018 takeshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242018 James Dean took an early exit via the <i>vomitorium</i>. Elvis was known to vomit opium. Coincidence? I think not. That said, did anybody else read <i>Elvis and Me</i>? In it, Priscilla mentions Elvis taking LSD, and talking to angels on Graceland's roof. James Dean took an early exit via the vomitorium. Elvis was known to vomit opium. Coincidence? I think not.

That said, did anybody else read Elvis and Me? In it, Priscilla mentions Elvis taking LSD, and talking to angels on Graceland’s roof.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-242036 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242036 I thought James Dean died in a car (or was it motorcycle?) accident. I thought James Dean died in a car (or was it motorcycle?) accident.

]]> By: GonzoMultiverse http://boingboing.net/2008/07/23/2nd-century-ad-bust.html#comment-245111 GonzoMultiverse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245111 Does everyone finally see? Elvis isn't dead; he's always been alive. And in about 100 years he'll make yet another "comeback". Does everyone finally see? Elvis isn’t dead; he’s always been alive. And in about 100 years he’ll make yet another “comeback”.

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