ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pope Nicholas V, Pope Sixtus V, Quirinal Hill
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Lecture 15: baroque architecture in rome & italy. Quirinal hill: some of these ideas went back to scheme for rebuilding the borgo vaticano under pope nicholas v, possibly advised by alberti. Bacon"s work in philadelpia: connections to the city"s seven principal churches, renaissance self-contained spaces gave way to the baroque concept of dynamic axial connections between important urban points, the plan, s. maria maggiore at the center. St. peters basilica: maderno, chief architect in 1603, had been decided to add nave to michelangelo"s building, 4th century nave torn down 1606, new nave begun 1607, from michelangelo to bernini, 1546 of antonio da sangallo the younger. Duperac was carried out except for fa ade and domes: michelangelo appointed architect by pope paul iii upon death, michelangelo"s design, known from the engraving of etienne. Michelangelo"s design: michelangelo died, succeeded by pirro ligorio and giacomo.