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Arch of Titus

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Description: Arch of Titus
TitleArch of Titus
Creator nameHealy, George Peter AlexanderChurch, Frederic EdwinMcEntee, Jervis
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions74 × 49 in.
LocationNewark Museum, New Jersey
Accession number26.126
SubjectsArch of Titus (Rome, Italy)Rome (Italy)--In artPainting, American--19th century
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2. The Colosseum: Ambiguities of Empire
William L. Vance
Description: America’s Rome: Volume I—Classical Rome
America’s Rome: Volume I—Classical Rome
~This is one of many juxtapositions in nineteenth-century American literature and painting of a representative American character and a classical architectural image, of which the Colosseum is by far the most commonly chosen. The Colosseum had by this time a complex...
Author
William L. Vance
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1989 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.43-67
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00010.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16821&redirecttoanchor=25349
Chapter subject tags:Colosseum (Rome, Italy)United States--Civilization--Roman influencesAmerican literature--19th centuryJames, Henry, 1843-1916Painting, American--19th centuryCole, Thomas, 1801-1848Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904Artists--Travel--Italy--RomeHawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864Rome (Italy)--In literature

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Description: View in Rome [Arch of Titus]
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Jul 20
Creator nameVanderlyn, John
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1805
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions17 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.
LocationSenate House State Historic Site, Kingston, New York
View in Rome [Arch of Titus]
View in Rome [Arch of Titus]
Description: Moonrise in Greece
Moonrise in Greece
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions14 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.
LocationSanta Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
http://collections.sbma.net/objects/1988/moonrise-in-greece?ctx=7a58ed57-b2a5-455d-9a28-6f050b76e5c2&idx=2
Accession number1966.1
Moonrise in Greece
Moonrise in Greece
Description: Mountains of Edom
Mountains of Edom
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 30 in.
Mountains of Edom
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Description: Classical Ruins, Syria
Classical Ruins, Syria
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1868
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on thin creamboard
Dimensions7 × 10 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18191353/
Accession number1917-4-1081
Classical Ruins, Syria
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Description: Fern Walk, Jamaica
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (31.1 × 33.7 cm)
LocationOlana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Description: Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, detail
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/9537/jerusalem-from-the-mount-of-olives
Accession numberF77-40/1
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Description: Anti-Lebanon
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Anti-Lebanon
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Description: Syria–Ruins by the Sea
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions10 1/2 × 18 in.
LocationReading Public Museum, West Reading, Pennsylvania
http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/643/syria-ruins-by-the-sea?ctx=d6bc08cf-82a6-48e1-ab26-c5c00fbaa61b&idx=0
Accession number1922.157.1
Syria–Ruins by the Sea
Syria–Ruins by the Sea
Description: Two Bedouin
Two Bedouin
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on cardboard
Dimensions12 1/2 × 17 7/8 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18201505/
Accession number1917-4-761
Two Bedouin
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Description: West Rock, New Haven
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 40 in.
LocationNew Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
http://www.nbmaa.org/original-site-assets/timeline_highlights/essays/church.html
Accession number1950.10.
West Rock, New Haven
West Rock, New Haven
Description: Piazza Navona, Rome
Piazza Navona, Rome
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 26
Creator nameSargent, John Singer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1907
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and sepia ink
Dimensions20 × 16 1/2 in. (52.7 × 41.9 cm)
Piazza Navona, Rome
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Description: Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 1/4 × 84 3/8 in.
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/9537/jerusalem-from-the-mount-of-olives
Accession numberF77-40/1
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Description: View from the Mountains toward Damascus, Syria
View from the Mountains toward Damascus, Syria
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1868
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on thin creamboard
Dimensions4 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18201133/
Accession number1917-4-729
View from the Mountains toward Damascus,...
View from the Mountains toward Damascus, Syria
Description: Moses Viewing the Promised Land
Moses Viewing the Promised Land
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on academy board
Dimensions9 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.
LocationCollection of Dr. Sheldon and Jessie Stern
Moses Viewing the Promised Land
Moses Viewing the Promised Land
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Oosisoak
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions23 × 17 in.
LocationPrivate collection
Oosisoak
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Description: Tropical Moonlight
Tropical Moonlight
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.
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Ruins at Baalbek
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1868
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 3/4 × 36 1/4 in.
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Ruins at Baalbek

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