CONTENT : MICHELANGELO AS ARCHITECT Chapter One BEFORE ARCHITECTURE 36 No. 1 Tomb of Julius II, first design, 1505-6 49 No. 2 Studies for the completion of the drum of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, 1507 and 1516 56 No. 3 Painted architectural divisions on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1508-12 60 No. 4 Aedicula for the Chapel of Saints Cosmos and Damian, Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, c. 1514 64 No. 5 Tomb of Julius II, successive designs, 1513-42 67 Chapter Two FLORENCE, 1516-34 80 No. 6 Drawings after the Coner Codex and other studies of Classical architecture, 1515/17 154 No. 7 Design for the facade of San Lorenzo, 1516-20 161 No. 8 Kneeling windows for the Medici Palace, c. 1517 172 No. 9 Design for a pulpit, 1518 172 No. 10 Design for a palace, 1518-20 173 No. 11 New Sacristy, San Lorenzo, 1519-34 175 No. 12 Laurentian Library, San Lorenzo, 1519-59 186 No. 13 Tribune of the Relics, San Lorenzo, 1525-33 198 No. 14 Portal of Sant'Apollonia, 1525/35 201 No. 15 Designs for the fortifications of Florence,1528-29 202 No. 16 Design for a bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice, 1529 or 1551 209 No. 1 7 Design for the Santa Trinita bridge, 1560 209 Chapter Three ROME, 1534-46 210 No. 18 Renovation of the Capitoline complex, 1538-64 252 No. 19 Farnese Palace, 1546-49 264 Chapter Four SAINT PETER'S AND THE LAST ARCHITECTURAL THOUGHTS 272 No. 20 Saint Peter's in the Vatican, 1546-64 322 No. 21 Designs for the Vatican fortifications, 1546-48 336 No. 22 Restoration of the Santa Maria bridge, Rome, 1548 337 No. 23 Staircase in the upper court of the Belvedere in the Vatican, 1550-51 338 No. 2 4 Model for the choir of the Cathedral of Padua, 1551339 No. 25 Model for the facade of a palace for Julius HI in the Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, 1551-52 340 No. 26 Model for the Church of 11 Gesu, Rome, 1554 341 No. 2 7 Design for the renovation of the area around the Column of Trajan, Rome, 1558 342 No. 28 Designs and model for San Giovanni del Fiorentini, Rome, 1559-60 342 No. 29 Design for the Sforza Chapel, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, c. 1560 348 No. 30 PortaPia, Rome, 1561-64 350 No. 31 Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome, 1561-64 354 THE ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY 358 Bibliography 374 Index 380 Photographic sources 388