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Temple of Janus (Tempio de Giano)


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Temple of Janus (Tempio de Giano)

1748
18th century
130 x 266 mm (5.1 x 10.5 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
Series: from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi fecit.”; inscribed, upper right: “Tav. 11.”
Bibliography: Focillon 52; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 114 and p. 156 with remark: “Arch of Janus Quadrifrons with the so-called Arch of the Argentari or Money-changers to left.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.32a

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  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
  • temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 130 x 266 mm (5.1 x 10.5 in.)

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