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Art History

The Pantheon in Rome

Introduction

The Pantheon is present in Rome. It is one of the most recognizable and iconic buildings of Hadrian. At this time, it is the product of the great innovation of technology of Roman Construction. It is a uniquely designed building, and pantheon's magnificent dome contains a span of 43.3 metres and it is the largest dome in this world. People had been using the Pantheon for the worship of former emperors and Hadrian was famous to hold the court at Pantheon. Marcus Agrippa built the original temple, after 27 BC, during the period of influence of the emperor Augustus; however, the temple was burned down in 80 AD. Later on, Hadrian built this temple again (Thomas, pp.11).

The Building

The base was made from brick and material; however, its front covered entrance has the support of colossal columns. Their brickwork was dig-out in farther deserts, in Upper Egypt, at high cost. In the same way, the interior surface of the Pantheon's brick walls was embellished with coloured marbles and rare stones from different parts of the empire. The interior of the Pantheon has niches and small shrines for Statues of the Gods and maybe the members of the imperial family. At the top of the dome, a large circular opening lighted the Pantheon (Ramsey, pp. 510-511).

The pantheon has placed an influence on several other magnificent buildings like Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, the Basilica of St. Peter on Rome and the Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul (Thomas, pp.11).

The Culture

Pantheon exhibits the culture of Deities, a hierarchical structure, in which goddess and Gods live in a sanctified community. In this culture, human interact with this world, which takes the form of contact with sanctified people, Gods or Goddess. In the Pantheons culture, the downgraded deities are given mission of being helpers like angels or saints (Ramsey, pp. 510-511).

The Religion

The pantheon religious structure contains a changing structure. The believers re-examine and re-evaluate deities on an ongoing basis. The new deities come up and take over the duty of former deities and take up their traits. Deities merge, change gender and form, or fade away altogether.

Hierarchical structure of the pantheons most of the time reflect many different functions of deities, as a result, this sanctified structure reflects and creates the structure of human society and life itself. The top most order of deities, normally connected with the sky, they serve as creators and guardians of societal and cosmic order. The deities most of the time take the role of warriors and protectors that are associated with meteorological activities (Ramsey, pp. 510-511).

Hagia Sophia

Introduction

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) commissioned the church of Hagia Sophia; the holy wisdom in Greek. The mathematicians Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus built this church. In 562, subsequent to more than five years of labor by ten thousand workers, the church was inaugurated. This church was rebuilt after the destruction of the Great church done with the fire by the rebellions in 532. The former building ...