Arches: Symbolisims In Arches

Symbolisims in arches:
Arches were manily introduced as symbols of connecting places of Rome, so the Pond Du Gard is a prime example of connecting the Roma people together. The aqueducts allowed fresh mountian water into the city whereas if it were not there they would have had to carry it through tunnes and over valleys or make do with the rain water they had collected, at the time these were unheard of, the ground-breaking system in CE 14 shows how forward Roman architechtes were. Arches were representative of door ways, therefore the use of them on monuments as that woulb be seen as connect people to new experiences. Benefits for the aqueduct such as hygene, giving the people water to bath in made Marcus like his ancestor Augusts, for the
An interesting feature is that the distance from the floor to the top of the dome is exactly equal to its diameter. The sunken panels are skillfully created to reduce the weight of the dome, along with the pumice cement which is used in upper levels of the building. Also to ensure the dome would not collapse into itself the thickness of the dome as it reaches the hole at the top reduces all the way down to 1.2 meters thick, the hole or oculus is 7.8 meters in diameter therefore it is easy for rain and snow to fall through, however the floor is slanted slightly for draining
Influence are seen in the thick columns leading into the temple which is influence by the Egyptian temples as the “Hall of Columns”, this effect draws your eyes upwards creating an airy feel of how infinite the universe is, the Egyptians also created the pyramids which were associated with the cosmic dimension so that the Pharaoh’s spirit could reach the heavens safely, Hadrian used Augustus’ ideologies and his own concept of architectural perfection. The symbol of an eagle flying up to the heavens signifies the Augustus’ safe travel. Similar to the Pyramids as the Pantheon was intentionally built to act as the vessel for the divine. However a difference from between the two, instead to transporting the Emperor’s spirit to the heavens, it allowed heaven to be seen down here on earth, Michelangelo said that “the Pantheon is one of the greatest achievements of architecture, built by angles rather than men”. Many of the Western Civilization have been inspired by the Pantheon and therefore are incorporated in buildings such as, Les Invalides in Paris (27.6 meters), St. Paul’s in London (30.8 meters) and also the White House in the