WebThe Colossus of Constantine (Italian: Statua Colossale di Costantino I) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280–337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, near the Forum Romanum in Rome.Surviving …

WebThe Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tes Rhódou) was a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was …

WebStatues. Any exceptionally large statue, see List of tallest statues; see also Category:Colossal statues; Colossus of Barletta, a bronze statue of an unidentified Roman emperor; Colossus of Constantine, a bronze and marble statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great; Colossi of Memnon, two stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III; …

WebThe Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great.The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via …

WebThe study of Roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to Greek sculpture.Many examples of even the most famous Greek sculptures, such as the Apollo Belvedere and Barberini Faun, are known only from Roman Imperial or Hellenistic "copies". At one time, this imitation was taken by art historians as indicating a narrowness of the Roman artistic …

WebThe Centrale Montemartini is a former power station of Acea (active as a power-station between the 1890s and 1930s) in southern Rome, between Piramide and the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, close to the Metro station Garbatella.. In 1997, the Centrale Montemartini was adapted to temporarily accommodate a part of the antique sculpture …

WebHistory. In ancient Rome, a basilica was a rectangular building with a large central open space, and often a raised apse at the far end from the entrance. Basilicas served a variety of functions, including a combination of a court-house, council chamber and meeting hall. There might be, however, numerous statues of the gods displayed in niches set into the …

WebNicholas Constantine Metropolis (Greek: Νικόλαος Μητρόπουλος; June 11, 1915 – October 17, 1999) was a Greek-American physicist.. Metropolis received his BSc (1937) and PhD in physics (1941, with Robert Mulliken) at the University of Chicago.Shortly afterwards, Robert Oppenheimer recruited him from Chicago, where he was collaborating with Enrico Fermi …

WebThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Christian scriptures, first appearing in Revelation, an apocalypse written by John of Patmos.. Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals.The Lamb of God/Lion of Judah opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on …

WebThe Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 AD. The sculptural group has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy since the Middle Ages. It probably formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 …