A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . d, 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 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 g
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . d, 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 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 ( of Stertiuius and Scipio Africamis) werenot connected with triumphs in any way. Posiliun. The position of the free-standingmemorial — esijccially the triumjihal — archescan best be studieil in Rome because therethey originated, were most minierous, and were. Memorial Arch in thk Forum, Rome, DEnicATKD th Sipjimus Sicvtuus. Origin. Not a single arch is known to havebeen erected to do honour to the jirocession ofthe triumph it conunenKUated, and this countsagainst the common theory of their origin ;nor is there anything to support the theory thatthe earliest mon\imeutal arches were ])ermanentreproductions of temjjorary arches erected forthe procession. The theory that the free-stand-ing memorial arch ?^vas a reproduction of thecity gates as they were temporarily decoratedwith inscriptions and trophies on triumphal8G1 originally connected with the triumphal proces-sions. We find that tlie triumplial arches wereall placed at intervals along the road leadingfrom the starting-point of tiie triumphal pro-cession (outside the city, on the edge of theCampus JIartius) to its goal, the temple ofJui)iter on the Capitol. They spanned thisroad at every available poi
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