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View of ancient Rome: the Forum of Augustus and the Baths of Titus, Forum des Augustus. - Baths of Titus., photograph, reproduction, page, Part of Panorama of ancient Rome., photographer: Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich, 1890, Bavaria, pasteboard, ink, materials by function, paper, printing ink, collotype, photogravure, height 179 mm x width 219 mm, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, public baths, square, circus, etc. (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), exterior, representation of a building, Rome, Forum of Augustus, Baths of Titus, A wide sepia-toned cityscape filled with densely packed classical buildings and rooftops stretching to distant hills, showing many temple-like structures with columns, domes, pediments, and colonnades, interspersed with rectangular buildings and narrow streets; in the foreground there are sculpted figures, a chariot scene with riders and attendants, plants with broad leaves, stone terraces and stairways, and a rounded structure with a domed roof, while further back larger monumental buildings with grand façades and rows of columns dominate the midground and the densely clustered urban fabric recedes toward low mountains under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

View ancient Rome Forum Augustus Baths Titus des - Baths photograph reproduction page Part Panorama photographer Franz Hanfstaengl Munich 1890 Bavaria pasteboard ink materials function paper printing ink collotype photogravure height 179 mm x width 219 mm prospect city town panorama silhouette public baths square circus etc -scape figures staffage exterior representation building Rome wide sepia-toned cityscape filled densely packed classical buildings rooftops stretching distant hills showing temple- structures columns domes pediments colonnades interspersed rectangular buildings narrow streets foreground sculpted figures chariot scene riders attendants plants broad leaves stone terraces stairways rounded structure domed roof further back larger monumental buildings grand façades rows columns dominate midground densely clustered urban fabric recedes low mountains under pale sky