Arcades du Capitole: Les Capitouls

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Title	Arcades du Capitole: Les Capitouls
Alternate Title	Arcades du Capitole [series]
View	Overall view, Les Capitouls, showing the magistrates
Work Type	visual works prints (visual works) screen prints
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Moretti, Raymond
Creator Nationality	French
Date.Creator Birth	1931
Date.Creator Death	2005
Contributors to Project	Raymond Moretti (French artist, 1931-2005)
Subject.work	contemporary (1960 to present) cycles or series historical rulers and leaders Toulouse (France : County) serigraphy serigraphs (screen prints) silk screen prints government governance Languedoc
Country	France
City	Toulouse
State/Province	Midi-Pyrenees
Location.Notes	Place du Capitole
Art Medium	pigment inks on translucent material over lightboxes
Technique	screen printing
Dates	1998 (creation)
Photographer	Lysenko, Oksana
Date Photographed	7/15/2009
Subject Information	The Arcades du Capitole also known as the Galerue des Arcades is a series of 29 serigraphs (silk screen prints) on translucent material fastened to illuminated cases on the ceiling of the arcade of the Capitole building. Each serigraph measures 2.50 x 3.10 metres. The series depicts the history of Toulouse. Moretti executed 89 works from which the 29 were chosen. Moretti also installed a huge Occitan cross (cross of Languedoc) made of bronze measuring 18 metres wide and weighing 20 tons embedded in the square in front of the Capitole. This panel depicts the Capitouls, the governing magistrates of Toulouse who embarked on the construction of the original building in 1190, to provide a seat for the government of a province growing in wealth and influence. The name 'Capitole' referred not only to the former Roman Capitol but also to the capitulum which was the chapter of the governing magistrates.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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