The Column Erected in the Memory of the Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina, His Wife… (Colonna eretta in memoria dell’ Apoteosi di Antonino Pio, e Faustina sua Moglie…)
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The Column Erected in the Memory of the Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina, His Wife… (Colonna eretta in memoria dell’ Apoteosi di Antonino Pio, e Faustina sua Moglie…)
18th century18th century
400 x 255 mm (15.7 x 10 in.)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)
- 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
- memory - The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and recalling facts, events, impressions, or recognizing previous experience. [March 1995 descriptor added.]
- monuments
- plate Dimensions: 400 x 255 mm (15.7 x 10 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . The Column Erected in the Memory of the Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina, His Wife… (Colonna eretta in memoria dell’ Apoteosi di Antonino Pio, e Faustina sua Moglie…), 18th century. From Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide. Etching. plate : 400 x 255 mm (15.7 x 10 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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