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Parthenon vs. Pantheon

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Abby Trio

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Romans

Greek

Roman

vs

Post & Lintel

Arch

Pantheon

  • Built in 126 AD
  • Original purpose - Temple to ALL the gods of Ancient Rome
  • Commissioned during the Agustus Rein
  • Arch Technology
  • World's largest unreinforced concrete dome
  • The concrete for the dome was poured in moulds, probably mounted on temporary scaffolding.
  • The oculus is the main source of natural light.
  • It took 732 construction workers over three years to construct the Pantheon
  • Always has been open to the public

Greeks

Optical Refinements

Parthenon

  • Built in 447-438 BC
  • Original Purpose - Temple to goddess Athena - Goddess of intelligence, arts and literature
  • Built by Iktinos, Kalikrates
  • Post and Lintel System
  • Optical Refinement
  • Was not open to the public - Only elite

Floor Plan

Acropolis

  • Elevated temple district
  • Contained various temples
  • Architectural “vocabulary” used well into the 20th c. for banks, courthouses, town halls, etc.

SIMILARITIES

References

Relation to Today

  • Both originally designed as temples
  • Pantheon borrows much of its exterior design from traditional Greek temples such as the Parthenon.
  • Both use 8 columns to support a pediment.
  • Both have faced some destruction and rebuilding, and both were used as churches during the Middle Ages.

Shaped Architecture of Modern Day

  • "Pantheon vs Parthenon." - Difference and Comparison. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2014
  • Claridge, Amanda (1998). Rome. Oxford Archaeological Guides. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-288003-9.
  • Cowan, Henry (1977). The Master Builders: : A History of Structural and Environmental Design From Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Peter Trio , Aspiring Architect

Romans

Greeks

Parthenon vs Pantheon

-Abby Trio

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