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Painted reconstruction of the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome

ROMAN TRIUMPHAL ARCHES

The triumphal arch is 1) a portal, a functional structure through which an honored person passed as part of a ritual taking place on a specific occasion; 2) a building, with staircases leading to rooms in the attic story; and 3) a symbolic monument that perpetuates the memory of a significant event.

Like the victory column, the triumphal arch transposes a basic architectural member from a structural context into a sculptural context, using it as a free-standing scaffold for images and inscriptions. This creative repurposing of elements of architecture is profoundly un-Greek and, as such, constitutes one of the major innovations of Roman art.

By the year 400 AD, over 50 triumphal arches had been erected in the city of Rome alone.

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“She’s a character who lies for a living. He’s a character who tells the truth. Give them a problem and they’ll have different ways of approaching it. She’s pushing him to modernize, and he’s pushing her to add a certain level of integrity to her life.” —Joe and Anthony Russo

Hey, Hey. Save it for the honeymoon.

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When I first joined SHIELD, I thought it was going straight. But I guess I just traded in the KGB for HYDRA. I thought I knew whose lies I was telling, but… I guess I can’t tell the difference any more.

I have no sense of being famous - you’re just working. And then you’ll have a random day in London when you’ll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out - that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country. - Karen Gillan

Charles Bukowski (via asociale-con-brio)

Sleeping next to someone you care about is probably one of the best feelings in the world.

Happy 27th Birthday, Elizabeth Chase Olsen (february 16, 1989)

Int: We’re gonna start with a game. It’s called ‘Save or Kill’, one of these things you can save, one of these is erased from existence forever. What do you save?

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Going boldly for 50 years… and counting.

Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein (via morgoths)

THIS IS 2 REAL

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