Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Arch of Augustus
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Arch of Augustus
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Alternate Title:
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Arco di Augusto
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Image View:
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Detail, the barrel vault, looking up (height, 10.40 m, depth, 4.10 m)
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Creator:
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome (Roman (ancient) ruler, 63 BCE-14 CE); unknown (Roman (ancient) architect)
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Location:
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site: Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Location Note:
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Corso d'Augusto
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GPS:
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+44.056947+12.570964
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Date:
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27 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Early Imperial
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Work Type 1:
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triumphal arch (memorial arch)
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Work Type 2:
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city gate
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Classification:
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Architecture and City Planning
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Material:
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Istrian limestone cladding on sandstone
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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10.40 m (height, barrel vault)
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Inscription:
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SENATUS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS IMPERATORI CAESARI DIVI IVLIO FILIO AVGVSTO IMPERATORI SEPTEM CONSOLI SEPTEM DESIGNATO OCTAVOM VIA FLAMINIA ET RELIQVEIS CELEBERRIMEIS ITALIAE VIEIS ET AVCTORITATE EIVS MVNITEIS
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Subjects:
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architecture; deities; mythology (Classical); rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Guelfs and Ghibellines
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Description:
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The Arch of Augustus at Rimini was dedicated to the Emperor Augustus by the Roman Senate in 27 BCE and is the oldest Roman arch which survives. It signaled the end of the via Flaminia, which connected the cities of Romagna to Rome. The central arch is of unusual size and once probably supported a sculpture of Augustus either on horseback or driving a bronze quadriga on the attic story (now destroyed). The four clipei (shields) placed next to the capitals each depict Roman divinities: Jupiter and Apollo on the Roman side, Neptune and Roma (or Minerva) facing the city of Rimini (Ariminum). The battlements on the upper part date to the medieval period (10th century), at which time the city came to be held by the Ghibellines. It remained one of the city gates until the Fascist period, when the city wall was demolished and the arch was left as an isolated monument. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Thirteen
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Identifier:
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1A3-R-RI-AA-A21
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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