Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Arch of Titus
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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 Titus
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Image View:
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East pier, inner southwest corner
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Creator:
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unknown (Ancient Roman)
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Location:
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site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Location Note:
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Forum Romanum
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GPS:
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+41.890717+12.488585
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Date:
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81 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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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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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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marble; pentelic marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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15.4 x 13.5 m (length)
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Inscription:
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SENATVS POPVLVSQVE·ROMANVS DIVO·TITO·DIVI·VESPASIANI·VESPASIANI·F(ILIO) VESPASIANO·AVGVSTO [The Senate and People of Rome (dedicate this) to the divine Titus Vespasianus Augustus, son of the divine Vespasian]
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; military; war; rulers and leaders; Jews--History--Rebellion, 66-73; Roman Empire; Titus, Emperor of Rome, 40-81 ; capture and sack of Jerusalem; Jewish-Roman War, 66-73; column: engaged column
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Description:
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The classic example of the single-aperture arch is the monumental Arch of Titus in the Forum Romanum. Relief panels in the passageways depict the triumph of Titus (Triumph of Titus and Spoils of Jerusalem), and a rectangular panel in the soffit of the arch shows his apotheosis. (The arch was built by the emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus.) The Arch of Titus seems to have inspired the similar but more richly decorated Arch of Trajan (AD 114) at Benevento. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A3-R-R-AT-B2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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