Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Arc de Triomphe

Accession Number: 
176405
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Southeast flank facing the Champs ¿lys¿es, right side, depicting "Departure of the Volunteers in 1792" (or "La Marseillaise")
Date of View: 
00/00/00
Image description: 
The relief "Le D¿part de 1792 (La Marseillaise)" is by Francois Rude and depicts citizens leaving to defend the nation.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module FIVE
Culture: 
French
Subject: 
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject: 
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Work Types: 
Architecture; public works; memorials; triumphal arches (memorial arches)
Work Types: 
Art; sculpture (visual works)
Work Types: 
Art; sculpture (visual works); reliefs (sculptures)
Preferred Title: 
Arc de Triomphe
Agent Display: 
Antoine Etex (French sculptor, 1808-1888); Fran¿ois Rude (French sculptor, 1784-1855); James Pradier (Swiss sculptor, 1790-1852); Jean Fran¿ois Th¿r¿se Chalgrin (French architect, 1739-1811) and others
Date: 
1806-1836 (creation)
Materials: 
stone
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurement: 
162 ft (height) x 150 ft (width) x 72 ft (depth)
Alternate Title: 
Arc de Triomphe de l'¿toile
Locations: 
Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Nineteenth century
Style/Period: 
Neoclassical
Classification: 
Architecture