3D Models in the "Pompey Project"
The 19th Century Reconstructions
Restoring the Theater of Pompey in the 21st Century:
The 19th Century Reconstructions
Victoire Baltard
Baltard’s reconstruction remedied all these problems. In both
design and masterly execution in water color, his elevations are
clearly superior to those of Canina. His archeological map precisely
outlines the modern blocks on the site; it marks the ancient
Theater walls and diagrams his two excavations (in the Largo dei
Librari (which he calls “Place di Ste Barbara). and in the Piazza
dei Satiri). Adjacent sections and elevations on the same sheet
provide a section of the surviving remains and detailed renderings
of elements of construction: of the exterior and interior arcades,
of interior doors, of masonry types, of red and gray granite column
shafts, and of the two famous statues of Pan now in the Capitoline
Museums.
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| Fig. 5. Baltard, archaeological plan of the site
of the Theater of Pompey |
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Fig. 6. Baltard, Architectural plan and details
of the Theater of Pompey |
