The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 225
fife:.. :\m3 Plate XXV.—Arch of Titus. 202 ETRURIA AXD ROME. triumphal arches through the city, and if the herochanced to be an emperor or sufficiently influential, aspecial arch was dedicated to him. The Romans were the first people to erect thisform of monument, unless we consider the red-arrow … FlG. 71. — Arch of Constantine. gates of the Tartars, and their earlier examples werevery simple, consisting only of an arch surmounted bya statue of the victor ; but after a time the ornamen-tation became more and more elaborate and all detailwas designed with the aim of glorifying the hero.…
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