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Column of Trajan; [Forum of Trajan]
Accession Number:
06_000293
Creator:
unknown (Italian)
Creator:
unknown
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Description:
The structure is about 30 metres (98 feet) in height, 35 metres (115 feet) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble[a] drums, each weighing about 32 tons,[2] with a diameter of 3.7 metres (12.1 feet). The 190-metre (620-foot) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 metres (112 feet); Dimensions:
Height of base: 1.7 metres (5.58 feet)[37]
+ Height of shaft: 26.92 metres (88.32 feet)
Typical height of drums: 1.521 metres (4.990 feet)
Diameter of shaft: 3.695 metres (12.123 feet)
+ Height of capital: 1.16 metres (3.81 feet)
= Height of column proper: 29.78 metres (97.70 feet)
Height of helical part of stair: 29.68 metres (97.38 feet) (~100 Roman feet)
Height of column, excluding plinth: 28.91 metres (94.85 feet)
+ Height of pedestal, including plinth: 6.16 metres (20.21 feet)
= Height of top of column above ground: 35.07 metres (115.06 feet)
[wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Column]
Location:
Rome, Italy - Forum of Trajan, (site)
Material:
Luna marble, carrara marble, stone, bronze, gold
Measurement:
128 x ft
Object Date:
113 CE (creation)
Object Type:
architectural elements; columns
Style Period:
Roman (ancient) - Late Empire
Subject:
Fine Arts; Visual; Sculpture; Monument, Victory monument; Italy; Rome (Ancient); History; Emperor; Trajan; [Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus]; [emperor, 98 to 117 AD]; [18 September 53 – 8 August 117 AD]; Italy; Rome (Ancient); Sculpture; Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106)
Technique:
carving; construction
Title:
Column of Trajan; [Forum of Trajan]
View:
: Lower Portion
WorkID:
411
Identifier:
411_06_000293.jpg
Collection:
FAAH Collection
Record created:
Aug. 28, 2014
Last modified:
Jan. 24, 2017
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