colossus

Examples of colossus in the following topics:

• Architecture under Constantine

  • The apse of the basilica Nova was the location of the Colossus of Constantine.
  • This colossus was built from many parts.
  • Only parts of the Colossus remain, including the head that is over eight feet tall and 6.5 feet long.

• Imperial Sculpture under the Nervan-Antonines

  • Commodus was egotistical and even had the head of the Colossus of Nero (now an image of the god Sol) recast in his own likeness.

• Ottonian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages

  • However, his upright posture and general pose with one raised hand somewhat recalls the Colossus of Constantine, which once sat in the Basilica Nova in the fourth century.

• Architecture of the Early Roman Empire

  • Vespasian had the colossus reworked into an image of the sun god, Sol.