COLLECTION NAME:
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Archivision Base to Module 9
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ARCHIVISIONBASETO9~1~1
Archivision Base to Module 9
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Work_PrefTitle
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Preferred Title
false
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Image View:
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View of the entire west attic, surmounted by a goddess representing the Restoration, attended by Victory riding in a quadriga
Image_Title
View of the entire west attic, surmounted by a goddess representing the Restoration, attended by Victory riding in a quadriga
Image View
false
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Creator:
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Charles Percier (French architect, 1764-1838); Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French architect, 1762-1853)
Agent_Display
Charles Percier (French architect, 1764-1838); Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French architect, 1762-1853)
Creator
false
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Work_Location_Type_Display
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location
false
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Location Note:
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Place du Carrousel
Work_LocationNotes
Place du Carrousel
Location Note
false
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Date:
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1806-1807 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1806-1807 (creation)
Date
false
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Cultural Context:
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French
Work_Culture
French
Cultural Context
false
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Style Period:
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Empire; Nineteenth century
Work_StylePeriodDisplay
Empire; Nineteenth century
Style Period
false
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Work Type 1:
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monument
Work_Worktype1
monument
Work Type 1
false
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Work Type 2:
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triumphal arch (memorial arch)
Work_Worktype2
triumphal arch (memorial arch)
Work Type 2
false
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
false
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Material:
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stone
Work_MaterialDisplay
stone
Material
false
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Technique
false
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Measurements:
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63 x 75 x 24 ft (depth)
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Subjects:
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allegorical; architectural exteriors; military; war; mythology (Classical); Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; victory arch; triumphal arch; "Haussmannization"; Voie Triomphale; triumphal way; memorial
Work_Image_SubjectDisplay
allegorical; architectural exteriors; military; war; mythology (Classical); Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; victory arch; triumphal arch; "Haussmannization"; Voie Triomphale; triumphal way; memorial
Subjects
false
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Description:
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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, France. It is located on the Place du Carrousel, just to the west of the Louvre. Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre Léonard Fontaine, the arch was made between 1806-1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I on the model of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. It was commissioned to commemorate France's military victories in 1805. It was originally surmounted by the famous horses of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Venice, captured by Napoleon, but these were returned to Venice in 1815. They were replaced by a quadriga sculpted by Baron François Joseph Bosio, depicting Peace riding in a triumphal chariot, led by gilded Victories on either side; the composition commemorates the Restoration of the Bourbons following Napoleon's downfall. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is at the easternmost end of the so-called "Axe historique" ("grand historic axis") of Paris, a nine-kilometre long linear route which dominates central and western Paris created under the (later)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Three
Collection
false
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-P-ATC-B8
Image_OriginalVendorID
1A2-F-P-ATC-B8
Identifier
false
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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