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The Colossus of Constantine, also known as the Statua Colossale di Costantino I in Italian, is an enormous, life-size, acrolithic statue from the early fourth century that was commissioned by Constantine the Great, a Roman emperor who lived from 280 to 337. It was originally located in the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, close to the Forum Romanum in Rome. The Palazzo dei Conservatori courtyard, which is now a part of the Capitoline Museums, is home to the remaining pieces of the Colossus. It is located on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum.

The enormous head is carved in the customary, abstract Constantinian style ('hieratic emperor style') of late Roman portrait statues, yet the rest of the body is realistic, down to calloused toes and bulging forearm veins. The head's larger-than-life-size eyes, which look toward eternity from a resolutely impersonal, frontal face, may have been intended to symbolize the Emperor's transcendence of hi...

Hi, Welcome to my galleries. I'm a photographer and illustrator based in Italy. My work appeared in numerous websites, brochures, commercial ads, print and publications... including newspapers and magazines (Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press, Telegraph Media Group, The Guardian, and many more). In all my works I use professional equipments like Nikon, Canon, MacBookPro and Photoshop. Official Artist Website: https://grandprixroma.com All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist Stefano Senise([email protected]) Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part,...