Pantheon
Title
Pantheon
Creator2
Aluzzo, Adrienne (photographer)
Work Type
built works
Date
0118
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Imperial (Roman)
Subject
Pantheon (Rome, Italy)
domes (architectural element)
coffers (ceiling components)
temples (buildings)
oculi (openings)
openings (architectural elements)
Description
View of the domed ceiling of the Pantheon in Rome, with the opening at the very top. "The dome is constructed of stepped rings of solid concrete with less and less density as lighter aggregate (pumice) is used, diminishing in thickness to about 1.2 m (4 feet) at the edge of the oculus, the dome rests on a cylinder of masonry walls 6 m (20 feet), hidden voids and the interior recesses hollow out this construction, so that it works less as a solid mass and more like three continuous arcades which correspond to the three tiers of relieving arches visible on the building exterior, originally, these exterior walls were faced with colored marbles," from Architecture Week's Great Buildings website.
Material/Medium
concrete
Measurements
Dome span 142 feet
Reproduction Type
Digital photograph
Reproduction Source
jpg
Copyright Statement
(c) 2013 Lawrence Technological University. All images associated with the LTU Digital Collection are protected by United States copyright law. Duplication or sale of all or part of any of the data or images is not permitted without consent of the copyright holder.
ID Number
2013ita046
- Date Added
- June 4, 2013
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- domes, oculus, Pantheon, Rome
- Citation
- “Pantheon,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/6.