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
sees the immense unobstructed interior, with its disk of light that
marks the sun's passage through the day, as an architectural
metaphor for the ecumenical pretensions of the Roman Empire.
Past discussions of the Pantheon have tended to center on
design and structure. These are but the starting point for Mr.
MacDonald, who goes on to show why it ranks--along with Cheops's
pyramid, the Parthenon, Wren's churches, Mansard's palaces-as an
architectural archetype.
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