pantheon

Examples of pantheon in the following topics:

• Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

  • Hadrian's Pantheon still remains standing today, a great testament of Roman engineering and ingenuity.
  • The Pantheon was consecrated as a church during the medieval period and was later used a burial site.
  • This is reminiscent of the Pantheon.
  • The Pantheon is an architectural innovation with a magnificent concrete, unreinforced dome.
  • Discuss Trajan's Forum, Trajan's Markets, Hadrian's Pantheon, and Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli.

• Polytheism

  • Polytheism is the belief in multiple deities assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.
  • Polytheism is the worship or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.
  • Some well-known historical polytheistic pantheons include the Sumerian gods and the Egyptian gods, and the classical pantheon which includes the ancient Greek religion and Roman religion.
  • In many civilizations, pantheons tended to grow over time.
  • Similarly, polytheist groups often depicted cult images of their pantheons in sculpture or paint, as in relief carvings of the Twelve Greek Olympians .

• Neoclassical Architecture

  • The Panthéon, located in the Latin Quarter of Paris, was originally built as a church dedicated to St.
  • However, during the French Revolution, the Panthéon was secularized and became the resting place of Enlightenment icons such as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
  • Similar to a Roman temple, the Panthéon is entered through a portico that consists of three rows of columns (in this case, Corinthian) topped by a Classical pediment.
  • The stepped dome and temple façade were clearly influenced by the Roman Pantheon.

• Revolution in France

  • This monumentalist tendency is typified in the structure of La Madeleine church, which is in the form of a Greek temple, and the mammoth Panthéon (1764-1812) which today houses the tombs of prominent Frenchmen .
  • Inside panoramic view of the Panthéon.

• The Ancient Greek Gods and Their Temples

  • Greek religious traditions encompassed a large pantheon of gods, complex mythologies, rituals, and cult practices.
  • The history of the Greek pantheon begins with the primordial deities Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky), who were the parents of the first of twelve giants known as Titans.
  • Best known among the pantheon are the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses who resided on Mt.
  • The traditional pantheon of Greek gods includes Zeus, the king of gods and the ruler of the sky; his two brothers, Poseidon (who ruled over the sea) and Hades (who ruled the underworld).
  • Additionally, Zeus's children, including Athena (goddess of warfare and wisdom), Hermes (a messenger god and god of commerce), the twins Apollo (god of the sun, music, and prophecy) and Artemis (goddess of the hunt and of wild animals), Dionysos  (god of wine and theatre), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and love), who was married to Hephaestus (deformed god of the forge), and Ares (god of war and lover of Aphrodite) are also part of the traditional pantheon.

• Painting and Sculpture

  • The French neoclassical style would greatly contribute to the monumentalism of the French Revolution, as typified in the structures La Madeleine Church, which is in the form of a Greek temple, and the mammoth Panthéon (1764-1812) modeled on the ancient Roman Pantheon.

• Painting in Southeast Asia

  • Hindu art commonly depicted figures from the Hindu pantheon, including the gods Shiva and Vishnu and the divine female creative principle or Shakti.
  • These frescoes are reminiscent of the contemporary frescoes in the Ajanta Caves in India, which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art and depict figures from the Buddhist pantheon and scenes from the Jataka tales.

• Rome

  • The Pantheon is an example of this.
  • The Romans based much of their architecture on the dome, such as Hadrian's Pantheon in the city of Rome .

• Masks in the Kalabari Kingdom

  • Veneration of ancestors plays a central role in Ijaw traditional religion, while water spirits, known as Owuamapu, figure prominently in the Ijaw pantheon.

• Monumental Reliefs in Southeast Asia

  • They depict mythical, spiritual beings from the Buddhist pantheon such as bodhisattvas, apsaras (celestial dancers or musicians), gandharvas (male nature spirits), and asuras (demons).
  • Detail of carved relief from Borobudur, depicting a figure from the Buddhist pantheon.