The Role of the Sun in the Pantheon's Design and Meaning
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Giulio Magli, Robert Hannah, Giulio Magli, et al.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Despite being one of the most recognizable buildings from ancient Rome, the Pantheon is poorly understood. While its architecture has been well studied, its function remains uncertain. This paper argues that both the design and the meaning of the Pantheon are in fact dependent upon an understanding of the role of the sun in the building, and of the apotheosized emperor in Roman thought. Supporting evidence is drawn not only from the instruments of time in the form of the roofed spherical sundial, but also from other Imperial monuments, notably Nero's Domus Aurea and Augustus's complex of structures on the Campus Martius - his Ara Pacis, the 'Horologium Augusti,' and his Mausoleum. Hadrian's Mausoleum and potentially part of his Villa at Tivoli are drawn into this argument as correlatives. Ultimately, it is proposed that sun and time were linked architecturally into cosmological signposts for those Romans who could read such things. Despite being one of the most recognizable buildings from ancient Rome, the Pantheon is poorly understood. While its architecture has been well studied, its function remains uncertain. This paper argues that both the design and the meaning of the Pantheon are in fact dependent upon an understanding of the role of the sun in the building, and of the apotheosized emperor in Roman thought. Supporting evidence is drawn not only from the instruments of time in the form of the roofed spherical sundial, but also from other Imperial monuments, notably Nero's Domus Aurea and Augustus's complex of structures on the Campus Martius - his Ara Pacis, the 'Horologium Augusti,' and his Mausoleum. Hadrian's Mausoleum and potentially part of his Villa at Tivoli are drawn into this argument as correlatives. Ultimately, it is proposed that sun and time were linked architecturally into cosmological signposts for those Romans who could read such things.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2011
توصيف ظاهري
486-513
عنوان
Numen
شماره جلد
58/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5276
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Ara Pacis
اصطلاح موضوعی
Domus Aurea
اصطلاح موضوعی
'Horologium Augusti,'
اصطلاح موضوعی
Mausoleum of Hadrian
اصطلاح موضوعی
Pantheon
اصطلاح موضوعی
sun
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )