Creating the Pantheon
Subtitle: design, materials and construction
By: Gene Waddell
Publisher: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9788882654931
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Roman Architecture; Buildings, structures; Temples; Rotundas; Pantheon (Rome, Italy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I. Introduction: Preliminary considerations; title: Major advances in knowledge about the Pantheon; title: Part II. Roman design and construction: Standard design procedures; title: Concrete construction; title: General sources of design; title: Specific sources of design and construction; title: Part III: Preliminary design phase: The site; title: Structural design; title: Part IV. Concrete construction: Lower drum and block; title: Upper drum and block; title: Dome; title: Part V. Embellishment: Comparison of the orders: The porticoes; title: Finishing.