The Columns
There were also many different styles of columns in Rome through the ages. These included the three basic styles: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The first stone temples had columns with a plain design, this style was called the Doric style. Then as time passed, the top of the columns, also called capitals, were curved with spirals, this is what is known as the Ionic style. Later still came the Corinthian style, which contained even more decoration on the capitals.
In the portico there were Corinthian style columns, these columns were made of granite there were also many other columns in the Pantheon. In the main entrance of the Pantheon there are 16 granite columns that support the roof and the rest of the Pantheon. These columns are what makes the Pantheon stand and stay alive with all of its beauty and history. |
Architectural Techniques
For every building that was ever made you have to use some sort of sturdy material to make sure that your building stays up and is perfectly safe. But this can be hard when the material also has to be light weight. The builders of the Pantheon were smart though. Although it was customary for the Romans to use larger stones in the dome concrete than in the walls. So they gathered lightweight stones was a process that helped the idea and the making of light weight concrete that was evolved in the middle of the first century B.C.
The way that the walls were set up are very different that some that we have today. The way that they built there walls made them stay stable and work the way that they do. At the bottom of the walls the bricks start out pretty thick and big. But as they go up they slowly get smaller and smaller in size. This ensures stability in the walls of the Pantheon. |