Washington Pantheon is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on April 16th, 2013.
Washington Pantheon
Having recently been to Rome the first thing that struck me when viewing the front of the Jefferson Memorial was that it looked like Rome's Pantheon.... more
by Joan Carroll
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Washington Pantheon
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Joan Carroll
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Having recently been to Rome the first thing that struck me when viewing the front of the Jefferson Memorial was that it looked like Rome's Pantheon. On the nps.gov website therefore, I was not surprised to see the statement "The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome, is America's foremost memorial to our third president." Thomas Jefferson was a scholar and an architect, and admired the architecture of ancient Rome. Architect John Russell Pope designed the Jefferson Memorial to reflect those tastes. When Pope died in 1937, architects Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers took over the construction. At the entrance seen here, steps lead to a portico with Ionic columns supporting a triangular pediment. Carvings in the pediment depict Thomas Jefferson with four other men who helped draft the Declaration of Independence.When it was built, some critics mocked the Jefferson Memorial, calling it Jefferson's muffin. In an era moving toward Modernism, architecture based on ancient Greece and Rome seemed tired and artificial. Today, the Jefferson Memorial is one of the most photographed structures in Washington, DC, and is especially beautiful in the spring, when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.
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