Arch of Titus (Rome, Italy) : View of the architectural frame, east wall

Creator:

unknown (Ancient Roman)

Published/Created:

Forum Romanum, Rome, Lazio, Italy
81 CE

Physical Description:

15.4 x 13.5 m (length)

Date Depicted:

10/1/1995
8000 BC - 499 AD

Materials:

marble
Pentelic marble

Notes:

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.

Topics:

Architecture -- Roman -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Roman

Accession Number:

1A3-R-R-AT-D1

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
monuments: memorial arches: triumphal arches (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

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 carving ; construction built works; monuments; triumphal arch

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Base Collection

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/1/1995

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10100073

PID:

digcoll:1791094