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Base of the Column of the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, the Other Side to That in Figure A of the Preceding Plate… (Latus Stylobatae columnae apotheoseos Antonini Pii, et Faustinae, posticum lateri A praecedentis tabulae…)


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Base of the Column of the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, the Other Side to That in Figure A of the Preceding Plate… (Latus Stylobatae columnae apotheoseos Antonini Pii, et Faustinae, posticum lateri A praecedentis tabulae…)

18th century
18th century
340 x 280 mm (13.4 x 11 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G. B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London (Il Campo Marzio dell’ Antica Roma, Opera di G. B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra)
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right
Bibliography: Focillon 463; Petrucci (1953) 446b; Wilton-Ely 594.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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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.]
  • columns (architectural elements) - Use for cylindrical, upright masonry members, usually either giving support or appearing to give support and usually comprised of three sections: a base, capital, and shaft; common also on furniture, especially as decorative elements. Use also for all uprights in steel frame or concrete frame structures. For square or rectangular members, either in masonry construction or classically treated, and for massive uprights in Medieval architecture, use "piers (supporting elements)"; for wooden square uprights, use "posts." [January 1995 related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'columns'; alternate term changed, was 'column'; descriptor moved. July 1991 scope note changed.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • monuments
  • Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 340 x 280 mm (13.4 x 11 in.)

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