Identifier: dictionaryofarch02stur (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architects
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ufs Julia, Marcia,Claudia, etc. ; (/) the building of groups ofmonuments within a city, such as a quarterof Athens by Hadrian. (3) Commemorating the entire life of anemperor; l)oth peaceful and warlike events.For example, the arches of Titus in Roiue andTrajan at Benevento. (4) Commemorating tlie life of a privateindividual, as in the cases enumerated underI. 1 ; also, arch of Antinous (tee I. 9), andprobably the arches of Cavaillon and Vienne. (5) As piuxdy decorative monuments. Suchwere the arches at the entrances to forums(Rome, Forum of Trajan ; Pompeii, Sidi-Amara);to terajde enclosuresorcapitols(Diimascus, Suffe-tula), to larger precincts (Olympia), as well asentrances to special buildings such as circuses(Circus Maximus and Circus Flaniinius, Rome).Such, were also the four-.sided Janus arches atthe intersection of the main streets (Latakia,Philippopolis, Gerasa, Lesbos, Tripolis, Theveste,Laodicea, Celenderis), and other arches standingfree in squares and forums. 860 PLATE XXIX
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MEMOKIAI. AKCII. ILATK II That built by Napoleon I. to the east of and verynear the palace of the Tnileries. The view showsthe eastern front, and as the Tuileries have disap-peared, the Cltamps Elysees are seen beyond. The architects were Charles Percier and Iiorre Fon-taine ; the sculpture is by many different artists,the quadrifiaoM top by Fran(,ois ISo.sio. The designis closely studied from the Arch of Severus at Rome. MEMORIAL ARCH The inscriptions on tlie mcniorial iirclns aroamong the most monumental and perfect of allLatin inscriptions. Tlieso vary from extremebrevity to inflated )iomposity. In the seiia-tiirial arciies it was customary, as in the above,to give the imperial genealogy, followed by theimperial titles up to date, and finally, thespecial occasion for the erection of the arch. MEMORIAL ARCH occasions, would seem to be disjjrovcd by thefact tiiat the earliest memorial arches (e.g.those of Stertiuius and Scipio Africamis) werenot connected with triumphs in any way. Po

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