HSAR 252 - Roman Architecture with Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner Lecture 14 – The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan

1. Title page with course logo.

2. Portrait of Nerva, Rome [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nerva_Tivoli_Massimo.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

Portrait of Trajan, Xanten [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trajan-Xanten.JPG (Accessed March 5, 2009).

3. Forum of Julius Caesar, Temple of Venus Genetrix, Rome [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forum-de-César.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

Forum of Julius Caesar, Temple of Venus Genetrix, Rome [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caesarforumrom.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

4. Forum of Julius Caesar, Temple of Venus Genetrix, Rome, detail of architectural decoration. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

5. Forum of Julius Caesar, Temple of Venus Genetrix, Rome, frieze with cupids. Reproduced from Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome I by Ernest Nash (1961), fig. 521.

6. Baths of Trajan, Rome, superimposed above Domus Aurea, Esquiline Wing, plan. Reproduced from Roman Architecture by Frank Sear (1982), fig. 90.

7. Baths of Trajan, above the Domus Aurea, Esquiline Wing, Rome, aerial view. Credit: Google Earth.

Baths of Trajan, Rome, model. Reproduced from Ancient Rome, Yesterday and Today by Bruno Brizzi (1973), p. 59.

8. Forum of Trajan, Rome, aerial view. Reproduced from Rome of the Caesars by Leonardo B. Dal Maso (1977), pp. 58-59.

9. Forum of Trajan, Rome, aerial view. Credit: Google Earth.

10. Imperial Fora, Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 6. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

11. Forum of Trajan, Rome, plan. Credit: Yale University.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, coin with entrance to forum. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-7.

12. Forum of Trajan, Rome, Dacian, Vatican Museums. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Dacian Prisoner, Markets of Trajan Museum. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

13. Forum of Trajan, Rome, model [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_Rome_caen_Forum_Trajan.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

14. Forum of Trajan, Rome, plan. Credit: Yale University.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, coin with entrance to basilica.

15. Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of west colonnade and entrance to basilica. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 159.

16. Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of east colonnade and sculptural program. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 62.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of Basilica Ulpia, south facade. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 62.

17. Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of east hemicycle. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 66.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, east hemicycle with military statue. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 64.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, east hemicycle with statue in toga. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 65.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of east colonnade and sculptural program. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), figs. 60-61.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, east colonnade with fragment of shield portrait. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 55.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, east colonnade with fragment of head of Nerva from shield portrait. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 56.

18. Forum of Trajan, Rome, Basilica Ulpia, restored view of interior. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 154.

19. Forum of Trajan, Rome, Basilica Ulpia, aerial view from top of Column of Trajan. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

20. Forum of Trajan, Rome, Basilica Ulpia, frieze with victories slaying bulls. Reproduced from Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome I by Ernest Nash (1961), fig. 553.

21. Forum of Trajan, Rome, plan, Credit: Yale University.

22. Forum of Trajan, Rome, library, model.

23. Forum of Trajan, Rome, the west library, restored view. Reproduced from The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer (2001), fig. 78.

24. Column of Trajan, Rome, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonnatraiana.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

Column of Trajan, Rome, general view. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

25. Column of Trajan, Rome, lowest spirals. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

26. Column of Trajan, Rome, personification of Danube River. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

27. Column of Trajan, Rome, construction of fort. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

28. Column of Trajan, Rome, battle scene at fort. Reproduced from Art and Archaeology of Rome by Andrea Augenti, ed. (2000), p. 43 (top).

29. Column of Trajan, Rome, suicide of Decebalus. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-13.

30. Column of Trajan, Rome, plaster casts of all scenes, Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

31. The Firefighters’ Monument, New York, Ground Zero, general view. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

32. Forum of Trajan, Rome, north end with Column of Trajan, model. Reproduced from Rome of the Caesars by Leonardo B. Dal Maso (1977), p. 53.

Forum of Trajan, Rome, north end with Column of Trajan, plan.

33. Column of Trajan, Rome, Renaissance engraving of spiral staircase. Reproduced from Rome: The Center of Power by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1970), fig. 264.

Column of Trajan, Rome, burial chamber of Trajan and Plotina. Reproduced from Rome: The Center of Power by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1970), fig. 267.

34. Column of Trajan, Rome, top of column [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomaColonnaTraianaCima.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

Column of Trajan, Rome, coin with Column of Trajan with heroic statue [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aureo_di_traiano_con_la_colonna_traiana.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

35. Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-6 (James Packer and John Burge).

36. Imperial Fora, Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by James B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 6. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

37. Markets of Trajan, Rome, general view. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

38. Markets of Trajan, Rome, taberna. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

39. Markets of Trajan, Rome, several tabernae. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

40. Markets of Trajan, Rome, hemicycle [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercati_di_Traiano.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

Villa of Publius Fannius Sinistor, Boscoreale, second style painting [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii_Fresco_001.jpg (Accessed March 5, 2009).

41. Markets of Trajan, Rome, corridor. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

42. Markets of Trajan, Rome, Via Biberatica. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

43. Markets of Trajan, Rome, axonometric view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 39. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

44. Markets of Trajan, Rome, semi-domed room, exterior. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Markets of Trajan, Rome, semi-domed room with windows. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

45. Markets of Trajan, Rome, Great Hall, restored view. Reproduced from The Architecture of the Roman Empire I by William L. MacDonald (1965), pl. 93.

46. Markets of Trajan, Rome, Great Hall. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-16.

Market Hall, Ferentino. Image Credit: J. Keith Doherty.

47. Marketplace, San Francisco. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Markets of Trajan, Rome, Great Hall. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-16.

48. Arch of Titus, Rome, general view. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Arch of Trajan, Benevento, general view. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

49. Arch of Trajan, Benevento, attic relief with Trajan and Hadrian. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 11-22.