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Trajan relief
The relief represents a war scenery whose central feature is the Roman horse attack.
This work is so remarkable becouse of its immediate, intense, cruel expressivity.
Probably the relief stayed on the top of the Basilica Ulpia (Ulpius Trajanus), sure it came from the Trajan forum, therefore the relief had a political significance.
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GREAT PORTAL |
In order to insert the relief inside the arch it was divided in four parts. The sequence of the battle from right to left is this: 3 western top, great portal side West, 3 eastern top, great portal side East.
IMAGES:
Top, western side 3
Photo 1: the complete scenery
Photo 2, 3: details
Great portal, side West
Photo 4: the complete scenery
Photo 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9: the photos shoot the relief from the North and the South perspectives
Top, eastern side 3
Photo 10: the complete scenery
Photo 11, 12: details
Great portal, side East
Photo 13: the complete scenery
Photo 14, 15: details
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