DOMESDOMES

Eric GreenWestern Civ

Mr. Pete DawsonSet 5

Kings of All Roofs

Curved StructuresCurved Structures

No Angles No Angles

No CornersNo Corners

They Cover A Lot of They Cover A Lot of Area Without Any ColumnsArea Without Any Columns

King Of All Roofs (cont…)

There Some of The There Some of The Strongest Structures Ever Strongest Structures Ever MadeMade

For Example The For Example The Superdome With Stood The Superdome With Stood The Blows of Hurricane Blows of Hurricane KatrinaKatrina QuickTime™ and a

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Why Were Domes Built?They (Romans) Wanted More Interior Space For There Events.

The Columns of The Original Buildings Where Getting In the Way of That.

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How Do Domes Fit Into Roman Society?

The skyline of Rome is The skyline of Rome is characterized by a large characterized by a large number of domes. number of domes.

The Romans Began To See The Romans Began To See Them As ArtThem As Art

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The Pantheon

Means Temple Of All Gods

The Rich Which have past away are buried

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Pantheon

Since the 7th century it has been used As a Christian ChurchIt is the best preserved building of all Roman buildings

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Pantheon

It has been in continuous use throughout its history.Perhaps the best preserved building of its age in the

world.

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Domes Of Rome

It was the Romans who first realized the architectural potential of the dome

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Present And Future From when the Romans started making domes with the Pantheon the

have evolvedAnd will keep evolving

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