Please use sources from the excerpt of “The Jewish War” that I have attached.
This is what my professor wrote “you must analyze the image in relationship to a primary source text, the excerpt from
The Jewish Wars (for the Arch of Titus). Your essay must have a focused thesis that makes an argument about the visual appearance of the
image in relationship to its historical meaning or context as discerned from the primary sources
(students can also use the course readings and lectures to augment their discussion of the meaning
and context). This means that your thesis statement must say something about the visual qualities of
the image, and how it relates to its historical meaning, context, and/or function. A thesis statement
will typically answer a question (examples of possible questions that can be asked of either work of
art are offered below). Consider Titus’ triumphal procession in Rome following the Roman victory in Jerusalem as portrayed
on the triumphal arch, and a historical account of that day provided by a Jewish author who held
allegiance to Rome.
You can analyze the relief sculptures on both sides of the arch, or focus on just one.
Your thesis statement could answer one of the following questions:
-How (i.e.: using what visual qualities) does the Arch of Titus convey the triumphal atmosphere
expressed/described in Flavius Josephus’ text?
-How does the Arch of Titus differ from the account of the triumphal procession described in The
Jewish War (i.e.: what is given visual emphasis, what is omitted, etc.) and how does the image convey
subtly different messages to the viewer than the text? How can this be accounted for, considering
the function of the arch?
-What aspects of Titus’ triumphal procession (as described in The Jewish War) have Roman artists
focused on in their sculpture of this event in the Arch of Titus, and what effect might this have had
for the viewer?
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