The Textbook of Architecture

The Cabinet of Models

The Arc de Triomphe

After Chalgrin’s arch at the Étoile (1806–36): a 50 m block pierced by a great arch and two transverse arches, with sculpted groups on its piers, a frieze and an attic of thirty shields.

The Arc de Triomphe Open in Models ↗

Illustrates: Neoclassical · Beaux-Arts