Studio One

Promo Tg-Jiu

Constantin Brancusi and the monumental ensemble "The Way of the Heroes"

Constantin Brâncuși (b. February 19, 1876, Hobita, Peștișani, Gorj, Romania - d. March 16, 1957, Paris, France ) was the Romanian sculptor with overwhelming contributions to the renewal of language and plastic vision in contemporary sculpture. Constantin Brâncuși was elected posthumous member of the Romanian Academy. The French and the Americans designate it, most often, only by the surname, which they write without diacritical marks, Brancusi, p...

The Endless column

The Endless Column or The Infinity Column is one of the sculptures made by the Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși, part of the trilogy of the Monumental Ensemble from Târgu Jiu. The Ensemble is composed of the Infinity Column, The Gate of the Kiss and the Table of Silence, all conceived and carried out by him. Inaugurated on October 27, 1938, the Column has a height of 29.35 meters and is composed of 16 superimposed octahedral modules, with half...

The table of silence

The Table of Silence, along with The Endless Column and The Gate of the Kiss, is one of the three pieces of monumental sculpture of the Monumental Ensemble from Targu-Jiu — a masterpiece of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi. The ensemble is a tribute to the heroes who fell during the First World War. The three monumental sculptural components, The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss, and The Endless Column, are arranged on the same axi...

The Gate of kiss

The Gate of the Kiss is a stone sculpture, made by Constantin Brâncuși, part of the triptych of the Monumental Ensemble from Târgu Jiu. The work was placed in its place in October 1937 and was carved in the first part of 1938, being finalised on September 20 and inaugurated on October 27, 1938.The Gate of the Kiss, which is located on the alley from the entrance of The City Park, is carved out of porous stone, extracted from the quarries in the s...

City Targu Jiu

Târgu Jiu is the municipality of residence of Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania, consisting of the component localities Bârsești, Drăgoieni, Iezureni, Polata, Preajba Mare, Românești, Slobozia, Târgu Jiu (residence) and Ursați The municipality of Târgu Jiu took its name from the vicious river Jiu, which it crosses from north to south and which, over time, moved its bed from the Prejbei Hill to the west, forming three terraces that constitute today's...