Light and dark are magically orchestrated within hadrian's magnificent Pantheon in Rome.The Pantheon was made for light. It captures light and even conquers it. It was the prize for which all this concrete was poured. W. L. MacDonald. The Pantheon, USA Harvard University Press The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. It was established on January 13, 1913. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. . 1976 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nothing can prepare you for your first visit to the Pantheon. Even locating the building is a magical experience, discovering it accidentally as you approach along narrow streets that reveal surprising unfamiliar views. Internally this magic is heightened, as even the most overcast days produce a mysterious luminance The amount of brightness, measured in lumens, that is given off by a pixel or area on a screen. For example, dark red and bright red would have the same chrominance, but a different luminance. that seems to lift the mass of the great dome. Above layers of marble, coffered cof·fer n. 1. A strongbox. 2. often coffers a. Financial resources; funds. b. A treasury: stole money from the union coffers. 3. concrete forms a surface that tricks your eyes, cast in a material so inherently matt that appears to soak up light. Throughout the day coffers are seen in relief, set within a constant array of shadows that appear static when passed by the dynamic shaft of sunlight that tracks the sun. As a distributor and resonator resonator /res·o·na·tor/ (rez´o-na?ter) 1. an instrument used to intensify sounds. 2. an electric circuit in which oscillations of a certain frequency are set up by oscillations of the same frequency in another the Pantheon makes form from light, celebrating its duality Duality (physics) The state of having two natures, which is often applied in physics. The classic example is wave-particle duality. The elementary constituents of nature—electrons, quarks, photons, gravitons, and so on—behave in some respects , separating daylight and sunlight as distinct components of the same force. While much has been written and much can be read, nothing can be as profound as seeing it yourself |
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