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ID: 700001274
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001274
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2
Column of Marcus Aurelius (triumphal column; unknown ancient Roman (artists); restorer: Domenico Fontana ...; ca. 176-193 CE; restored 1589; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)
Note: Statue of Marcus Aurelius atop a low-relief-carved Doric-style column; originally stood in a square at the north section of Campus Martius. Modeled on Trajan's column, to honor Marcus Aurelius.
Titles:
Column of Marcus Aurelius (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,,)
Marcus Aurelius, Column of (C,U,English,,)
Colonna di Marco Aurelio (C,U,Italian,,)
Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae (C,U,Latin,,)
Antonine Column (C,U,undetermined,,)
Columna Antoniniana (C,U,undetermined,,)
Columna Marci Aurelii Antonini (C,U,undetermined,,)
Marcus Aurelius Statue (Rome, Italy) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
triumphal column [300248647] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>, memorial columns)
column (architectural element) [300001571]
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, <columns and column components>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)
architecture

Creation Date: ca. 176-193 CE; restored 1589

Creator Display:
unknown ancient Roman (artists); restorer: Domenico Fontana (Italian architect, 1543-1607) [preferred,VP]
sculptors unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]
restorer Fontana, Domenico (Italian architect, 1543-1607) [500022415]
Locations:
Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 41.900833 12.479722; in Piazza Colonna
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: 29.62 m (height)
Cultures:
Ancient Roman (preferred)
Ancient Italian

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:
Aurelius, Marcus (Roman emperor, 121-180 CE) [500115701]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
victory [300374810]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Column of Marcus Aurelius........ [GRISC,VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 99013442; accessed 6 May 2016; accessed 19 May 2016
Marcus Aurelius, Column of........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Colonna di Marco Aurelio........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae........ [VP]
........ Platner, Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929) 132
Antonine Column........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Columna Antoniniana........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Columna Marci Aurelii Antonini........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Marcus Aurelius Statue (Rome, Italy)........ [GRISC]
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... Beckmann, Column of Marcus Aurelius (2011)
....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) "Rome, ancient, §IV: Sculpture"; accessed 6 May 2016
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
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