To a northern European situation, and founded, as it were, on The idealsДЄnd conceptions of antiquity were translated beyond the Alps Was a comment coined by Friedrich Karl von SchГ¶nborn. 'the design is perfect, but it reduces the budget', Das Bauwesen rutschet vortrefflich, feget aber den Beuthel, Leibniz, the splendid spirit of his inventive age,ДЄnd his architect Korb, down-to-earth but Italian influenced,ДЇollowed their noble patron's request that they bear costs in Not a simple disuse of the original, but a further step in intellectualДevelopment. System and design function to create a new symbiosis represents Of the internal space of the cylinder distinguishes it from normal The cosmos of books as 'Pantheon.' Both these verbalДepictions describe effectively the exceptional esteem of thisД¬lassical interpretation north of the Alps. Thus Paul Raabe would call WolfenbГјttel the 'eighth Pantheon is equally entitled to the title 'Pantheon of Books', Unity with the Alexandrian library in the Pantheon. TheДЇorm of the 'cosmic image' is combined in symbolic Of the prototype of a revolutionary form, the oval cylinder linkingД«oth the spirit of classicism and the cosmos of a library. However, in WolfenbГјttel we are concerned with the recreation The reconstruction of the Pantheon theme in rotunda-like constructionsДЄre not particularly unusual, as shown by numerous historical Links to the ancient dome, beyond pure architectural imitation. In this building during the Enlightenment had more significant To those held at our own March 2001 meeting, or from knowledge Knowledge might have been collected from discussions similar That the Italien Fahrer, traveller to Italy, from WolfenbГјttelДЄlso had knowledge of these facilities in the Pantheon. Scientific facts at that time, observation of the sky would haveД«een one of the main activities. Of books' in WolfenbГјttel, Leibniz's famous library.Д¬onsidering the design of libraries based on generally understood have a simple observatory,ДЄ room for the direct observation of the sky? This would be aДЇurther point of similarity on the theme of 'The Pantheon Therefore logical to pose the question, Did the library erectedД«y Julius Africanus in about 240 A.D. The middle of the oculus, based on the latitude of Rome, it is Since from this position it is possible to observeДirectly the Himmelspol, the zenith of the sky, through Remains of a staircase, the steps of which were apparently removedДЄt a later time.

Now bricked in, on the southern meridian, to-gether with the There is also a clearly visible rectangular slit in the dome, The dome can be observed certain cracks caused by circular tensionДЇorces during construction. Click on the figure to see a larger imageД«y chance discovery in the southern bay of the Pantheon, inДЄ room supported by a multi-storey structure of massive supportsДЄnd buttresses, the participants encountered a variety of associativeДЄnd interrelated clues. TheseДЄre displayed in an attractive collage by Lambert RosenbuschДЎ. The 'Pantheon of Books' in WolfenbГјttel clearlyД¬ircle/ellipse pavement design the spherical cupola. Rome, even today the Pantheon poses a whole complex of significantДЄ comparison of proportions between the Roman Pantheon and As notedД«y Friedrich Rakob of the German Archaeological Institute in It offers only restricted access for research work. Since the Rotunda, because as one of the most important RomanД¬hurches with its own traditional observations of feast days, Had already described the difficult conditions for research, In his classic work on the Pantheon, Kjeld de Fine Of the building itself, and to formulate the yet unanswered questions To verify hypothetical assumptions through direct observation Giving rise to several new perspectives and views. Pantheon, along with its ancillary rooms and base of the dome,

During the autumn 2001 and the springДў002 equinoxes, Giangiacomo Martines, director of the SopraintendenzaДi Archeologica di Roma, participated in the observation of the The reasons behind the design and the function of the buildingДЄre still not absolutely clear. The publication of the new survey by Pelletti. Research about the Pantheon has indeed deepened, especially after In the rooms of the Accademia di San Luca Peter WilkinsД®xamines the cosmic significance of the Roman Pantheon and Liebniz'sДЄnd 'The Interpretation in Northern Europe' Shows a similarity between the canons of form of meaningful elements:Д¬ircle/ellipse pavement design the spherical cupola. A comparison of proportions between the Roman PantheonДЄnd the 'Pantheon of Books' in WolfenbГјttel clearly The Pantheon as a Globe-Shaped Conception by Peter Wilkens in the Nexus Network Journal vol.

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