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the Pantheon, would be the Dome of the Rock. Found in Jerusalem, the Umayyad caliph built the shrine in the seventh century to serve a function as an Islamic shrine. Being the oldest extant Islamic monument known to man, the Dome of the Rock is sacred to both the Muslim and jewish religions.While being in completely different cultures, the Pantheon and the Dome of the Rock share numerous similarities varying from their functionality to the characteristic style of the domes. The most obvious similarity

The Dome of the Rock (688-92) is a building project which demonstrates a particular way of achieving uniqueness in architecture. Architectural uniqueness can be established by introducing the same building form and materials in a slightly different way, complimenting its surrounding. Again, this uniqueness can be achieved by having a completely different building vocabulary, contrasting with its surroundings. In this context, this essay will investigate what type of architectural uniqueness the Dome

of both structures requires a lot of support, and The Dome of The Rocks and The Cathedral of Notre Dame utilizes such constructional technologies to just do that. Dome of the Rock utilizes four piers and twelve columns to support the rounded drum that transitions into the two-layered dome, which is more than 20 meters in diameter (Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, n.d., para. 6). This part of the structure is important to be stable as under the dome lies a center stone of the monument. Also, the octagonal

of bystanders more often, such as The Dome of the Rock. This building, which is located in Jerusalem, caught the eye of many people due the huge golden dome structure that sits on top of the building and the decorative colors and tiles that surround the building. The historical significance of this building is upheld by the religion of its local people, the location site of the building, along with the structure and the design of the building itself. The Dome of the Rock, which translates to Qubbat

I have decided to do my essay on one of Ansel Adams most famous photographs from his long and successful career titled Half Dome. The photograph of Half Dome medium of the photograph is black and white. Ansel Adams in my opinion is one of the greatest photographers of all time. I believe his photographs are a work of art. Ansel Adams was a true visual genius with a camera, he went to a location set up his camera and the end result was always perfect. When I look at a photograph that was taken

Monuments such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and San Vitale in Ravenna, perform a great importance in Byzantine and Islamic architecture. Both of these structures did not exclusively represent the main place of worship, but most importantly as a symbol of achievement and growth within the current times of construction. Starting in 524, under the influence of Orthodox bishop Ecclesius, the development of San Vitale was to represent the achievements of the emperor Justinian. Julius Argentarius

construction techniques and critically analyzing the way in which these entities come together to form a seamlessly self-supporting structure. The domes which will survey a breadth of this structural scale will be mainly focused on The Pantheon (AD117-138), and supplementary to my argument, Hadrian’s Villa (117A.D..) and Thermae Trajan (Baths of Trajan - 104 A.D.) each dome possessing a Roman formula for its construction, which will be discussed in this essay “The nature of the universe which stilleth the centre

These columns are known as the Corinthian Order. My plan for St. Peter’s called for these same columns to circle the largest dome of the basilica. The Capitol Building pulls this same strategy off perfectly! Surely, the architects of the building known as William Thorton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Charles Bulfinch (SOURCE), must have drew upon my plan of St. Peter’s for inspiration

The central value of the San Diego library is given through its uniqueness and is demonstrated through the relationship between its dome shaped top, slanted roof, large windows, and southern California landscape. One of the most unique parts

Istanbul, Turkey previously Constantinople. I chose these structures because the construction of domes fascinates me. How the domes were constructed is explained in the text, yet the concept still baffles me how people were actually able to build domes with the technology present then and that the domes did not collapse on themselves. The primary similarity between the two works are the massive domes topping them. The second similarity is that both the Pantheon and the Hagia Sophia served as a place