Leaf & Spine

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Interior of the Pantheon, Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691–1765), 1747.

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome
Interior of the Pantheon, Rome — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 8.7 x 11.3 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 14% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.

About the work

Created as a temple under the Roman emperor Hadrian around the year AD 125, the Pantheon became a Christian church in 609. Significant restoration took place in the early 1700s, a period of renewed attention to early Christian monuments. The site was a major monument of antiquity, an active church, and its portico, visible through the door, held the most important art fair in the city. Panini shows the complexity of this public space by representing foreign tourists, local churchgoers, Roman nobles, and artists mingling under the dome.

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