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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History
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Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History

by Richard Poulin
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1 pages
10h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
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PRE-20TH-CENTURY INFLUENCESI
THE PANTHEON
THE PANTHEON
Rome, Italy
Apollodorus of Damascus (c. 65–110), Architect
Damascus, Syria
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Built by Trajan’s son Hadrian (76–138), one of
the greatest architectural patrons of all time,
the Pantheon is one of the most celebrated ar-
chitectural masterpieces of Western civilization.
It also has one of the finest examples of early
Roman inscriptions ever to be integrated to an
architectural structure.
The simplicity and perfect proportions
of the building’s design is world renowned as
an architectural benchmark and engineer-
ing achievement due to its huge dome hidden
behind the building’s classical portico. ...
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ISBN: 9781592537792