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    “he Pantheon, Rome, 125 (phot: teen Zacher, BY ‘The Pantheon in Rome isa true atchitectural wonder. Desribed as the “sphinx of the Campus Martius"=refering to enigmas presented by its appearance and history, and to the location in Rome where it was builtto wists today i to be almost transported ack to the Roman Empire itself The Roman Pantheon probably doesn't make popular sholists ofthe worlds architectural ions, but should tis one of ‘the most imitated buildings in history. Fo a good example look a the 201 CSA 20) 45. The Pantheon, Rome Dr. Paul A. Ranogajec Library Thomas Jefferson designed interior of he Pantheon Rom 125 CE. (ret Director John Fibwale Project Advisers Dr Rober Hannah apd Dr Berard Pricer), A HD Ke pl. The Pantheon, Rome 205 Pantheon Plan ‘The dome and the divine authority of the emperors By the fourth century CE, when the historian Ammianus Marellinus rmentioned the Pantheon in bis history of imperial Rome, statues of the Roman emperors aecupied the rotunds's niches. In Agrippa’s Pantheon these spaces had been filled by states of the gods, We also know that Hadrian held court in the Pantheon, Whatever its original purposes, the Pantheon by the time of Trajan and Hadrian ‘was primarily associated with the power of the emperors and their vine anthony, The symbolism ofthe areat dome adds weight to this interpretation. “The dome’ coffers (inset panels) ae divided into 28 sections, equaling the number of large columns below. 24 isa "perfect number” a whole amumber whose summed factors equal i (thus, 14244 +7 = 14 = 24), Only four perfect numbers were known in antiquity (6, 28, 496, ‘and 8128) and they were sometimes held—for instance, by Pythagoras nd bis followers~to have mystical, religious mesning is connection with the cosmos, Additionally the oculus (open window) atthe top of the dome was the interior’ only souree of direct light. The sunbeara streaming through the oculut traced an ever-changing daily path cross the wall and floor of the rotunda. Perhaps, then, the sunbear marked solar and Iunar evens, or simply time. The idea ts nicely with Dio’s understanding of the dome as the canopy of the heavens and, by extension, ofthe rotunda itself as a microcosm ofthe Roman, world beneath the starry heavens, with the emperor presiding over i al ensuring the right order ofthe world. Sik How was it designed and built? ‘he Panthean, Rome, & 125 (photo Steven Zucker, CC AYNCSA 20) hp SBWRhe> “The Pantheon’s basic design is simple and powerful A portico with free-standing columns is attached to a domed rotunda. In between, to help transition between the rectilinear portico andthe round rotunda isan clement generally described in English as the intermediate block. This plece is itself interesting for the fact that visible on its face shove the portin's pediment is another shallow pediment, This may ‘be evidence thatthe portico was intended to be taller than tis (50, Roman fet instead of the actual 40 fee). Pethaps the taller eolumns,, presumably ordered from a quarry in Egypt, never made it to the 206 Smarthistory guide to Ancient Roman Art Dome, The Panteun (phot: Stew Zur, building ste (or reasons unknow), necessitating the substitution of smaller columns, thus reducing the height of the pot Pantheon, Rome, ¢. 125 CE (photos Daren Pato, CC BYNCND 20) hips ficknp LP The Pantheon’s great interior spectacle~its enormous scale, the geometric clarity of the circle-in-square pavement pattern and the CBYNCSA 20)

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