Section: The Pantheon

Section: The Pantheon 45/3/53

This is a section of the Pantheon which shows a slice through the building as if it were a cake cut in half. It shows the height of spaces inside the building and how they are arranged. Note how carefully the shadows are drawn to give a real feeling of how the dome curves. The walls which have been cut through are coloured in pink – a colour which was often used in this way by architects. These drawings of the Pantheon were made in Rome in 1778 when Soane was a student.