Trajan's Forum
Title
Trajan's Forum
Date
100-112
Identifier
5567
Creator
Apollodoros of Damascus
Creator Nationality
Roman
Work Type
visual works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Imperial (Roman)
Subject
forums (open spaces)
models (representations)
Trajan--Emperor of Rome--53-117
Description
Model of Trajan's Forum in Rome, Italy. Gordon Bugbee Collection. "Trajan's Forum was intended as a visual realization of its builder's political propaganda. The extensive use of expensive, imported colored marble emphasized imperial power and wealth. The forum's ornamentation combined symbols of Trajan's Dacian victories with those of deification and worship of the emperors. The simplicity of its forms constituted a powerful visual link with the Forum of Augustus, the empire's founder. And the entire forum was a biography in stone, revealing one after another the stages in the life of the heroic Trajan as he progressed from mortality to divinity,"--by James E. Packer, Archaeology online magazine.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
39
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-ROM1-1312
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