FILE: 05_St. Peter's Dome_Michelangelo.jpg

TITLE: ARCHITECTURE - St. Peter's - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ITALY

DESCRIPTION: DOME on St. Peter's Basilica by MICHELANGELO. Based on Brunelleschi's dome on Florence Cathedral (see Early Ren. Slide #8). Michelangelo's dome is 125 years later. Rectangular windows, ribs. Designed for Central Plan (after Alberti) but church is Basilica. Combined c/o church designed by committee!