1506-1513 - Bramante
Julius II died in 1513
Bramante made a greek cross [+] plan
demolished much of the existing church
1513-1515 - Giuliano da Sangallo and Giocondo
continued Bramante's greekness
1515-1520 - Raphael
built on Bramante's design but added a nave
made it more latin crossy [V]
1520-1527 - Baldassare Peruzzi
reverts to greek cross plan
stopped by the sack of Rome
NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A WHILE
1536-1546 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
combines plans of Peruzzi, Bramante, and Raphael
looked ri-friggin'-diculous
back to Latin Cross
1546-? - Michaelangelo
rejected and destroyed much of what Sangallo did
citing that whole money forging and nun-raping thing
back to Greek Cross
this is the one that is most the one today!
1586 - Giacomo della Porta
Michaelangelo's pupil
raised the dome's profile and added a lantern
1606 - A committee of 10 architects
decided to abandon Mike's greek cross in favor of a latin one
1607-1629 Carlo Maderno
designed the new nave
added chapels and facade elements reminiscent of Michaelangelo's exterior
nave and facade completed by 1615
1629 - Gianlorenzo Bernini
finished the interior after Maderno's death in 1629 |