Understanding Trajan's Column: A Marvel of Imperial Rome

FC - Name: Trajan's Column / Author: Apollodorus of Damascus / Clients: - / Date: 107-113 BC / Type: Low relief / Style: Imperial Rome / Original Location: Center of the Forum of Trajan in Rome / Current Location: / D - Material: Marble from Carrara and Luni / Dimensions: 40m (height) and 4m (diameter) / Color: Polychrome / Short Description: A column that stands 40 meters above the surrounding relief, depicting a warlike character / Technique: Carving / Position: Some warriors are represented standing and sitting / Figurative / AF - Volume: Open / Anatomy: Young warriors with different anatomies / Movement: Instantaneous; all figures appearing in the relief are calm / Proportions: Smaller than actual size / Light: Internal / Time: Medium-short / EDC: Symmetry, disorder, verticality / Expression: The figures are realistic, embodied in solemn attitudes / Clothing: Dressed with many ornaments, typical of Roman warriors of the era / Spectator: Multifaceted / Plans and Perspectives: Various depths are represented.

Rhythm: Very diverse; there is much confusion in the column. / AIEE - Related Copyright Works: Apollo LOR also designed the bridge over the Danube / Published Time with Other Works: The Column of Trajan, which has many imitations, such as the Column of Marcus Aurelius / Style Depth: (Roman Empire) / Innovations: - / Influences: - / IIC - Theme: Military-Historical / Sign Iconography: The opening of the Trajan column was held in 113, simultaneously with the Forum of Caesar and the Temple of Venus. The military column depicts two campaigns in Dacia. / Sign Iconology: The shape resembles the volume of an ancient Roman book. The column was located between two libraries. It narrates a story (like a movie) of the passage of the Danube by a bridge of boats and concludes with the deportation of the Dacians taken prisoner, marking the end of the war. / FIF - F: Memorial (the conquest of Dacia) / Related Work with Time: Rome was interested in propaganda and military victories / Contributions: It served as inspiration for great artists of the Renaissance such as Raphael and Michelangelo.