Barry Switzer If I showed you pictures of the Parthenon and Pantheon‚ would you get them confused? Well‚ I sure did at first‚ but then realized a lot of people do because they look almost alike. Well I am going to tell you today that they are two completely different‚ yet monumental pieces of architecture. To start off I want to look at the Parthenon and then finish with the Pantheon. So let’s begin! The Parthenon is a temple that towers above the city of Athens‚ symbolizing the Athenians’
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Design / Materials / Layout / Technology / Decoration / Function: Stonehenge: * New geological research is currently being carried out to identify the sites of origin more accurately. How the stones were transported for over 250km (156 miles) to Stonehenge remains unknown‚ but it is probable that a combination of transport via water networks and hauling over land brought them to the site. The larger sarsen stones are a type of sandstone‚ a stone found scattered across southern England. Most
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Inside the Pantheon is a dome that has a perfect spherical shape. In the centre of this dome is an opening with a symmetrical circular shape known as the ‘oculus’‚ which is sometimes also referred to as “Great Eye”. Reasons why these features of architecture were chosen: The meaning of the word ‘Pantheon’ is ‘contains all gods’ with ‘pan’ meaning all and ‘theon’ meaning gods. The interior of the Pantheon contains altars to individual gods hence the name. The dome in the interior of the Pantheon is round
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The Pantheon The Pantheon in Rome is the best-preserved Roman architectural structure on earth. It has survived twenty centuries of pillage and invasion‚ and continues to withstand the pollution of everyday locals and tourists. Marcus Agrippa‚ the son-in-law of the first Roman emperor Augustus‚ first built the Pantheon in 27-25 BCE to commemorate the victory of Actium over Antony and Cleopatra. However‚ after a fire destroyed the original in 80 CE‚ it was rebuilt by Domitian‚ only to be replaced
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The Roman and Byzantine empires are widely regarded as two of the most powerful empires in human history. With large religious empires comes large extravagant architecture. The Pantheon‚ a temple created for the worship of the many Roman Gods was built by the emperor Hadrian in Rome from 118 to 125 CE. The Hagia Sophia was built by the emperor Justinian as a Christian church in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire from 532 to 537 CE. The Hagia Sophia was designed by Anthemius of Tralles‚ a
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order‚ including the Pantheon. The Pantheon is located in the modern business district of Campo Marzo in Rome‚ Italy‚ and it was a former Roman temple‚ but now it has been consecrated as a Catholic church. Although it is one of the most preserved buildings in the history of architecture‚ it has many outcomes and many changes that has been evolving
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The Roman Pantheon was constructed between 118 and 125 CE by the Emperor Hadrian and was known as a temple that was dedicated to all the gods. It can be found in Rome‚ Italy and was the most revolutionary and influential building in the Roman Empire. The Pantheon is one of the best-preserved of all the Roman buildings. The arches and use of concrete shows off the interests of the Romans and how they mastered using these elements to construct many circular‚ arches‚ and spherical designs into their
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Virilis‚ Rome‚ c. 100 BC Maison Carrée‚ Nîmes‚ early 1st century AD Temple of Hercules‚ Rome‚ before 100 BC Temple of Vesta‚ Tivoli‚ 1st c. BC ARTH106 Roman structural systems form Trachtenburg & Hyam‚ Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modern The Pantheon‚ Rome‚ 120-124 AD The Pantheon‚ Rome‚ model of cork made by Antonio Chichi‚ 1782 The Pantheon‚ Rome‚ 120-124 AD‚ interior Basilica of Ulpia‚ Rome‚ 98-117 AD‚ reconstruction drawing Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine‚ Rome‚ c.307-312
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The Pantheon -Temple of all the Roman gods The Pantheon in Rome is the most complete surviving building of ancient Rome‚ and is one of the greatest spiritual buildings of the world. It was originally built as a Roman Temple in 27-25 BC on Rome’s Campus Martius‚ by the magistrate Marcus Agrippa. He built the original pantheon as an honour to all the gods and Augustus. It was also constructed as a place of worship for a number of major deities. It is said there were statues of both Augustus and Marcus
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The pantheon is an artistic and imaginative blend of three major architectural focus: the unification of traditional temple form and the new domed space‚ the technical development of concrete constructions‚ and the tendency to obscure construction and structural elements. This paper discusses the Pantheon by analyzing the architecture from various aspects such as its three distinctive spaces and the experience they brings‚ the lighting of the interior‚ innovation such as coffering‚ the skillful use
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