The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and ProgenyHarvard University Press, 2002 - Всего страниц: 160 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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... book appeared , Roman architecture was still regarded by many as derivative and lacking in originality . Today , thanks in no small measure to MacDonald's inspired teaching and pio- neering scholarship , the architecture of the Roman ...
... book's publication , it nonetheless remains the best introduction to the monument . This is not the place to provide a de- tailed account of recent scholarship , but I would like to mention three as- pects of the Pantheon that have been ...
... book's reach . Unlike many art and architectural historians , whose vision is limited by chronological boundaries , MacDonald has long been interested in buildings and themes that cut across and through history . The book is undergirded ...
... books they referred me to . For all this I am most grateful indeed . Several friends and acquaintances generously discussed different aspects of the subject with me ; their names are given , with warmest thanks , in the appropriate ...
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IN THE TEMPLE OF THE WHOLE WORLD | 11 |
THE BUILDING PROPER | 27 |
BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN | 44 |
THE PROBLEM OF MEANING | 76 |
THE MOST CELEBRATED EDIFICE | 94 |
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NOTES | 138 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 147 |
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