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Sculptural Ensemble Of Constantin Brancusi From Trgu JiuSculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brancusi from Trgu Jiu The monumental ensemble from Trgu Jiu is a homage to the Romanian heroes from the First World War. The three sculptures - The Table of Silence, The Kiss Gate and The Endless Column - are disposed on an axis oriented West-East, with a length of 1275 m. The Table of Silence, worked in limestone, represents the dinner before the fight. The grounded time is put in the clepsydra like chairs, which measures it. All is in silence. The only tonic element is given by the flowing of the Jiu river nearby. Initially the 12 chairs were much closer to the table and disposed in pairs. The Kiss Gate, made from Banpotoc travertine, is the gate to cross through another life. The kiss motive present on the pillars of the gate could be also the eye, which looks inside. The whole work is disposed an a steel axle in a concrete foundation having 5 m on each side. The Endless Column, considered by Sydnei Geist the top point of the modern art, represents a "spiritual testament" of the artist, a veritable axis mundi to hold for ever the sky. With 29,33 m high, the column is built from 17 rhomboidal cast iron modules previously brassed. The elements of the column were made in the central workshop from Petrosani. The engineer Stefan Georgescu-Gorjan technically co-ordinated the whole assembling process. The ensemble was ready on October 27, 1938 and restored in 1964.
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