Pantheon

Pantheon

1648

visual works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Imperial (Roman)

architectural drawings (visual works)

pantheons

Drawing of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy. "Originally dedicated to "all the gods," this temple, built during Hadrian's reign, survived because it was reconsecrated as a Christian church in the 7th century. It is thought to be one of the greatest architectural achievements and it has influenced later architecture perhaps more than any other building. The front of the temple is a deep portico with eight unfluted Corinthian columns across the front and four interior columns, thus dividing the porch into a barrel-vaulted nave, which leads to the entrance to the rotunda, and narrower side aisles, each of which ends in a semi-circular niche. The columns carry a triangular stone pediment,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

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