Question

Your classmate Katie is giving a presentation about Trajan’s Column. She mentions many bits of information she found on the internet about this historical relief. What does she mention that is NOT correct about this type of artwork?

(1 point)
Responses

There is text along with the relief images.

There is text along with the relief images.

This column is almost 100 feet in height.

This column is almost 100 feet in height.

A narrative relief winds up around the column.

A narrative relief winds up around the column.

The narrative describes the emperor’s campaigns against the Dacians.

The narrative describes the emperor’s campaigns against the Dacians.

Answer 1

"There is text along with the relief images." is NOT correct.

Explanation: Trajan’s Column does have a dedicatory inscription on its base, but the spiral narrative frieze itself contains no running captions or explanatory text — it’s purely pictorial. The other statements are correct.