Pantheon (Rome, Italy) : Detail looking up under portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under the pediment

Creator:

Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 CE

Published/Created:

Regione IX Circus Flaminius; Piazza della Rotunda
Rome, Lazio, Italy
118-125 CE

Physical Description:

142 ft (diameter, base of dome)

Date Depicted:

4/8/2009

Materials:

brick; marble; bronze; concrete; granite

Notes:

Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa (that building destroyed, but referenced in the inscription), and completely rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian ca. 118-125 CE. The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus of 8.15 m diameter) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft). It is one of the best preserved of all Roman buildings. It has been in continuous use throughout its history, and since 609, the Pantheon has been used as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St. Mary and the Martyrs (Santa Maria ad Martyres) but informally known as "Santa Maria Rotonda.

Topics:

Architecture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Roman -- 2nd century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Imperial

Culture:

Ancient Roman

Accession Number:

1A3-R-R-PA-K14

Coordinates:

+41.8986+12.4768

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (AAT)
rotundas (buildings)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; religious buildings; temples architecture; death or burial; funerary art; rulers and leaders; Roman Empire

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/8/2009 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10500199

PID:

digcoll:1840170