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Journal Article
Triumphal Arches in the Public Sphere in Israel—Between Temporary Reality and Fantasy
2019
Overview
An examination of the place of triumphal arches in the Israeli public sphere leads to an unequivocal conclusion: on the one hand, quite a few triumphal (or honorary) arches were intentionally constructed as temporary structures. On the other hand, over the years the State of Israel witnessed several proposals to build permanent arches, but time and again, these were not realized. It seems that even if the word “triumph” was not officially uttered, the association to triumphal arches is clear, not to say deliberate. Moreover, most of the arches (whatever their title was) sought to evoke (whether explicitly or implicitly) the Arch of Titus as a blatant symbol of defeat and exile, all of which need to be cured. The article investigates the various functional and symbolic facets of both the temporary arches and the not-realized ones. They will be studied as part of a worldwide phenomenon, but at the same time as a local manifestation of the national consciousness and collective memory/ies. Necessarily the discussion will touch different aspects of the Israeli glorification and commemoration discourse as they are represented in the urban public sphere.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
