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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1506-1616 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorMaderno, Carloen_US
dc.creatorBuonarroti, Michelangeloen_US
dc.creatorBramante, Donatoen_US
dc.creatorLigorio, Pirroen_US
dc.date1506-1616en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-07T17:33:47Z
dc.date.available2013-05-07T17:33:47Z
dc.date.issued1506-1616en_US
dc.identifier214188en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 161en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121580
dc.descriptionView of archway from behind, north side; Bramante was hired by Julius II to begin a radical reconstruction, to replace Old Saint Peter's, and intensive planning by Bramante, Giuliano da Sangallo and Fra Giovanni Giocondo preceded the laying of the foundation stone on 18 April 1506. Since Bramante's first designs of 1506, half a dozen architects had worked under five successive popes, all bringing their own revisions with them. In the 18 remaining years of his life Michelangelo succeeded in 'uniting into a whole the great body of that machine' (Vasari), ensuring that the crossing and dome would follow his overall design, even though the façade and nave remained unresolved. His new design, as presented in the engravings (1569) by Etienne Dupérac, took the form of a centralized building over a Greek cross. The façade was built between 1607 and 1625, and the nave was finally consecrated in 1626; the confessio was built to Maderno's design in 1615-1616. Restoration of the façade (1996-1999) has restated the discreet colour which Maderno used to enhance the effect of his architecture. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/6/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediummarbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectJulius II, Pope, 1443-1513en_US
dc.subjectPeter, the Apostle, Sainten_US
dc.subjectRenaissanceen_US
dc.titleSaint Peter's Basilicaen_US
dc.title.alternativeSt. Peter's Basilicaen_US
dc.title.alternativeSan Pietro in Vaticanoen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MC-SPF-D5en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypebasilicaen_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
dc.contributor.displayCarlo Maderno (Italian architect, ca. 1556 - 1629); Donato Bramante (Italian architect, 1444-1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian architect, 1475-1564); Pirro Ligorio (Italian architect, ca.1500-1583) and othersen_US


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