The Panthéon’s Stability Already Questioned by Pierre Patte in 1770

Patricia Radelet- de Grave ()
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Patricia Radelet- de Grave: Université de Louvain, IRMP (L7.01.01)

A chapter in Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture, 2015, pp 127-185 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Conceived and begun by architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1755, the construction of the Church of Ste. Geneviéve (later the Panthéon) in Paris was continued after his death by Jean Baptiste Rondelet. This impressive structure was the object of various publications. As early as 1770, Pierre Patte pointed out problems of its stability in his Mémoire sur la construction de la coupole projettée pour couronner la nouvelle église de Sainte Geneviève à Paris. This was the beginning of a polemic regarding the structure’s stability that involved some of the greatest scholars and architects of the day, and which was fundamentally a quarrel between tradition and new ideas.

Keywords: Panthéon (Paris); Pierre Patte; History of mechanics; Dome construction; Parallelogram method of forces; Jean Baptiste Rondelet; Jacques-Germaine Soufflot (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13003-3_7

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