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THE 12 ARCHITECTS OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA

ARCHITECT
REMARKS
Greek Cross plan and dome similar to the
Pantheon; First Roman Renaissance
Donato Bramante
architect; Vatican palace in Rome (Largest
palace in Italy); the famous Architect in
Rome
Supervise Bramante's plan; Strengthen
and extended the peristyle of Bramante;
Guiliano da Sangallo
Palazzo Farnese in Rome (grandest of his
period)
Franciscan priest; Continues Sangallo's
plan; After bramante's death help raphael
Fra Giovanni Giacondo
to continue the construction of the
basilica;
Proposed a Latin Cross plan; Design the
Raphael Santi (Rafaello Sanzio)
naves w/ 3-apses
Baldazzare Peruzzi
Reverted to Greek cross plan

Antonio da Sangallo

younger brother; altered the plan of Peruzzi

and proposed plan combining the features
of Peruzzi, Raphael and Bramante; exteded
the the building into a short nave w/ wide
facade and portico of dynamic projection;
extended the vestibule in the west faade

Michael Angelo Buonarroti

Greek Cross plan; strengthened the piers

of the dome; Redesign the surroundings;
commenced the design and construction
of the Greek Dome, and extends with
Madernas' nave and faade; Medici Chapel
at Florence; sculpture Pieta (24 yrs.old.)

Giacomo della Porta

Altered Michaelangelos design by adding

Lions' mask over the swags on the drum in
honor of Pope Sixtus; Added circlet of
finials around the spire at the top of the
lantern, proposed by Sangallo

Domenico Fontana

completed the dome; "crepescular rays"

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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

added only side domes / side cupolas

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Carlo Maderno

Lengthened the nave to form Latin Cross;

and Added gigantic facade; He design the
fountain; added the dome-top lantern

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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Designed the entrance Piazza w/ 284 Doric

Columns; Design the famous Baldacchino
made of bronze