Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Arc de Triomphe
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Arc de Triomphe
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Alternate Title:
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Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile
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Image View:
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Side view, from Avenue Mac-Mahon
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Creator:
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Antoine Etex (French sculptor, 1808-1888); François Rude (French sculptor, 1784-1855); James Pradier (Swiss sculptor, 1790-1852); Jean François Thérèse Chalgrin (French architect, 1739-1811) and others
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile)
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GPS:
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+48.8738+2.295
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Date:
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1806-1836 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
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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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relief (sculpture)
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Work Type 3:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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162 ft (height) x 150 ft (width) x 72 ft (depth)
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Subjects:
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allegory; architecture; military or war; rulers and leaders; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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Description:
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Chalgrin?s best-known work is the Arc de Triomphe, begun for Emperor Napoleon in 1806. Completed in 1836 by L. Goust (fl 1786?1836), Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Guillaume-Abel Blouet, who significantly altered the design of the attic, the Arc de Triomphe dominates the Place de l?Etoile in Paris and provides a focus for the length of the Champs-Elysées. The most noteworthy contribution to the sculptural programme is François Rude?s ?La Marseillaise? (Departure of the Volunteers in 1792). Although it is often considered a sterile imitation of antique triumphal arches, Chalgrin?s final design was the result of a progressive shift away from the pure replication of Classical prototypes. Through a systematic process of abstraction, Chalgrin reduced the traditional tripartite scheme of the triumphal arch to a single bay and eliminated all columnar decoration, creating with economical means an image of monumental achievement that captured the spirit of Napoleonic aspirations. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordar
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Five
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Identifier:
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1A1-CJ-AT-B3
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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