HOW IS THE RENAISSANCE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT? – Changes in the Arts and Science
The dome of St Peter’s Basilica, Rome Michelangelo was asked by the pope to design the dome of the new St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. It was his last great project. He did not live to see its completion because he died in 1564 at the age of eighty nine.
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St Peter’s Basilica, Rome
1. What other domes could Michelangelo study before he designed the dome for St Peter’s Basilica?
2. What other features of Classical architecture can you see in St Peter’s Basilica?