Art History Study Sheet -- Lesson 4: the Pantheon (answers on pages 3-4)
1. Where is the “Pantheon” located in today’s Rome?
a) on top of the Palatine Hill
b) near Navona Square
c) inside the Vatican
2. What is the “oculus” of the Roman Pantheon?
a) a bronze eye at the
entrance of the Pantheon,
above the columns
b) a musical
instrument (lyre) in
the shape of a
swan
c) a round opening at the top
of the dome
3. The Pantheon was originally built as a place to
a) worship all of the gods
b) celebrate the military conquests of the Etruscan kings
c) hold public debates and political discussions
4. There are no windows in the Pantheon, so the 9 meter-diameter oculus is the only source of light.
True or false? T / F
5. Apart from the entrance with the 16 columns, the Pantheon is shaped like a:
a) perfect half-sphere (hemisphere) on top of a square box
b) perfect half-sphere (hemisphere) on top of a rectangular box
c) perfect half-sphere (hemisphere) on top of a cylinder
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6. It is easy to imagine a perfect sphere completing the dome, because the height (altezza) of the
oculus is equivalent to:
a) the diameter of the
imaginary sphere
b) the area of the
imaginary sphere
c) the perimeter of the
imaginary sphere
7. Fill in the blanks:
Events
Year
Who
Original Pantheon built, smaller and
rectangular
25-27 BC
by M______ ________, son-in-law of
Augustus
Restored after fire
81-96 AD
by Domitian
Restored again
98-117 AD
by Trajan
Completely rebuilt
-
AD
by H__________
Works completed
138 – 161 AD
by Antoninus Pius
Restorations made
202 AD
by Septimius Severus and son
Caracalla
Given by Emperor P________
to the Pope
608 AD
Pope Boniface IV
Dedicated to Virgin Mary and all the Martyrs,
saving the Pantheon from the fate of other
pagan monuments (destruction) later
________ AD
by Pope Boniface IV,
who buried bones of Christian
martyrs near the altar.
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8. When it rains into the oculus, the Pantheon fills up (si riempie) with water. True or false? T / F
9. What can you see if you are standing inside the Pantheon at midday (12.00 a.m.) on the 21rst of
April?
a) The ghost of Hadrian appears among the tombs.
b) The enormous entrance is completely illuminated by the rays of the sun.
10. There are various tombs of famous people in the Pantheon, including King Victor Emmanuel II,
King Umberto I and his wife Marguerite of Savoy, and the great painter:
a) Picasso
d) Raphael
11. The Pantheon has been a Catholic Church since the year 609 AD. True or false? T / F
12. For over 1,300 years, the Pantheon’s dome was the largest dome in the world, and today it is still
the largest dome without supporting ________________ structures.
a) metal
b) glass
13. Hadrian ordered 16 granite columns – weighing 60 tons each – all the way from Egypt for the
entrance. True or false? T / F
Answers
1. b) (near Navona Square)
2. c)
(a round opening at the top of the dome)
3. a) (worship all of the gods)
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4. True (T)
5. c)
(perfect half-sphere (hemisphere) on top of a cylinder)
6. a) ( the diameter of the imaginary sphere)
7.
Events
Year
Who
Original Pantheon built, smaller and
rectangular
25-27 BC
by Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of
Augustus
Restored after fire
81-96 AD
by Domitian
Restored again
98-117 AD
by Trajan
Completely rebuilt
118 – 125 AD
by Hadrian
Works completed
138 – 161 AD
by Antoninus Pius
Restorations made
202 AD
by Septimius Severus and son Caracalla
Given by Emperor Phocas to the Pope
608 AD
Pope Boniface IV
Dedicated to Virgin Mary and all the
Martyrs, saving the Pantheon from the fate
of other pagan monuments (destruction)
later
609 AD
by Pope Boniface IV,
who buried bones of Christian martyrs
near the altar.
8. False (F)
9. b) (The enormous entrance is completely illuminated by the rays of the sun)
10. b) ( Raphael)
11. True (T)
12. a) (metal)
13. True (T)
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