《《Loerke_1990_pantheon+interior+elevation》.pdf

A Rereading of the Interior Elevation of Hadrians Rotunda Author(s): William C. Loerke Source: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Mar., 1990), pp. 22- 43 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Society of Architectural Historians Stable URL: /stable/990497 . Accessed: 22/09/2011 10:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. University of California Press and Society of Architectural Historians are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. A Rereading of the Interior Elevation of Hadrians Rotunda WILLIAM C. LOERKE Dumbarton Oaks-Harvard University The Pantheon,in the interior the has a for or unresolved, not our reaction to the particular of Rotunda, posed obstructing grandeur unrestrained its overall severecriticism its of this interior, but our of its Roman character. paradox: for effect; for understanding praise interiorelevation.Thecriticisms rooted a were in Renaissance