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)
temples (buildings)
Corinthian (architectural style)
interior views
columns (architectural elements)

Description

Interior view of the Pantheon with columns and niches. "The interior volume is a cylinder above which springs the half sphere of the dome, a whole sphere can be inscribed in the interior volume, with the diameter at the floor of the cylinder of 43.3 m (143 feet) equaling the interior height, five rows of twenty-eight square coffers of diminishing size radiate from the central unglazed oculus with a diameter of 8.7 m (29 feet) at the top of the dome," from Architecture Week's Great Buildings website.

Material/Medium

concrete

Measurements

Dome span: 142 feet, diameter at floor of cylinder: 143 feet.

Reproduction Type

digital photograph

Reproduction Source

jpg

ID Number

2013ita047

Files

2013ita047.jpg
Date Added
June 4, 2013
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Pantheon,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/7.