Pantheon Design, Meaning, and Progeny

Name: Pantheon Design, Meaning, and Progeny
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ISBN: 9780674010192

ISBN-10: 0674010191

ISBN-13: 9780674010192

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: William L. MacDonald, John Pinto

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The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This richly illustrated book isolates the reasons for its extraordinary impact on Western architecture, discussing the Pantheon as a building in its time but also as a building for all time. Mr. MacDonald traces the history of the structure since its completion and examines its progeny--domed rotundas with temple-fronted porches built from the second century to the twentieth--relating them to the original. He analyzes the Pantheon's design and the details of its technology and construction, and explores the meaning of the building on the basis of ancient texts, formal symbolism, and architectural analogy. He…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgements



In the Temple of the Whole World



The Building Proper



Background and Principles of Design



The Problem of Meaning



'The Most Celebrated Edifice'


Bibliography


Notes


List of Illustrations


Index