Sherry beat me on identifying the church so I didn't post. But I'll
continue the thread a bit by observing that I seem to recall that Robert
Mark (who has written
on the dynamics and stress distribution, etc. of Gothic Cathedrals)
published an article on the construction of the Pantheon,
especially the use of concrete, with which the Romans were very creative.
Grover Zinn
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Patrick Nugent wrote:
> Thanks to Sherry Reames for identifying the church of S. Maria ad Martyres
> as the Pantheon. This morning a student, not knowing I had a need for it,
> brought me "this really cool book" she found in a used bookstore in Boston,
> Roloff Beny's The Churches of Rome. Talk about pennies from heaven! I
> confirmed what Sherry found in the Blue Guide, and learned additionally
> that it really is still called S. Maria ad Martyres. Raphael is buried
> there.
>
> For many of you this may all be perfectly obvious, but it was a fun
> discovery. I rarely get to cross south of the Alps in my work, so this
> question provided a nice foray there. And I recommend Roloff Beny's book,
> at least for readers who are not well-versed in the history of art and
> architecture (in which I am a complete amateur). I don't know what the
> pros think.
>
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