Title: Creating the Pantheon : design, materials and construction /
Authors: Waddell, Gene
Publisher: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Pantheon (Rome, Italy); Architecture, Roman Italy Rome.; Temples Italy Rome.; Rotundas Italy Rome.; Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Contents: Preface -- Part I. Introduction: Preliminary considerations -- Major advances in knowledge about the Pantheon -- Part II. Roman design and construction: Standard design procedures -- Concrete construction -- General sources of design -- Specific sources of design and construction -- Part III: Preliminary design phase: The site -- Structural design -- Part IV. Concrete construction: Lower drum and block -- Upper drum and block -- Dome -- Part V. Embellishment: Comparison of the orders: The porticoes -- Finishing.