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Ancient Location of the Column of the Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina… (Situaz. ant. della Colonna dell’ Apoteosi di Antonino, e Faustina…)


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Ancient Location of the Column of the Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina… (Situaz. ant. della Colonna dell’ Apoteosi di Antonino, e Faustina…)

18th century
18th century
380 x 240 mm (15 x 9.4 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide
Marks: Signed in plate on the scroll, upper right
Bibliography: Focillon 577; Petrucci (1953) 660b; Wilton-Ely 711.
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

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 380 x 240 mm (15 x 9.4 in.)

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