Donato Bramante

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Donato Bramante
Donato Bramante
Born
Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio

1444
Fermignano, Duchy of Urbino (present-day Italy)
Died11 April 1514(1514-04-11) (aged 69–70)
Rome, Papal States (present-day Italy)
Known for
  • Architecture
  • painting
Notable workSan Pietro in Montorio
MovementHigh Renaissance

Donato Bramante[pron 1] (1444 – 11 April 1514),[4] born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio[5] and also known as Bramante Lazzari,[6][7] was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his plan for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of the design executed by Michelangelo. His Tempietto (San Pietro in Montorio) marked the beginning of the High Renaissance in Rome (1502) when Pope Julius II appointed him to build a sanctuary over the spot where Peter was martyred.

Life

Urbino

Bramante was born under the name Donato d'Augnolo,

Palazzo Ducale an arcaded courtyard and other Renaissance features to Federico da Montefeltro's ducal palace. Bramante's architecture has eclipsed his painting skills: he knew the painters Melozzo da Forlì and Piero della Francesca well, who were interested in the rules of perspective and illusionistic features in Andrea Mantegna
's painting.

Milan

Around 1474, Bramante moved to

Santa Maria delle Grazie (1492–99); other early works include the Cloisters of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan (1497–1498), and some other constructions in Pavia (where he worked on the Cathedral, setting the design and creating the crypt and part of the apse[8]) and possibly Legnano. However, in 1499, with his Sforza patron driven from Milan by an invading French army, Bramante made his way to Rome, where he was already known to the powerful Cardinal Riario.[citation needed
]

Rome

Tempietto

In Rome, he was soon recognized by

St Peter's Basilica for further details.)[citation needed
]

Bramante also worked on several other commissions. Among his earliest works in Rome, before the Basilica's construction was under way, is the cloister (1500–1504) of Santa Maria della Pace near Piazza Navona.[citation needed]

Plans for St Peter's Basilica
A draft for St Peter's superimposed over a plan of the ancient basilica
Bramante's presentation plan, as a Greek cross design; as reconstructed by Geymüller
The dome, as planned by Bramante

Works

In addition to building, Bramante wrote about architecture and composed eighty sonnets.[10]

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ UK: /bræˈmænteɪ/ bram-AN-tay,[1] US: /brəˈmɑːnteɪ, -ti/ brə-MAHN-tay, -⁠tee,[2][3] Italian: [doˈnaːto braˈmante].

References

11.^Guagliumi Silvia.(2014) Donato Bramante.Pittore e sommo architetto in Lombardia e a Roma.L'uomo, le idee e l'opera.

Silvia Editrice ISBN 978-88-96036-63-1.

  1. ^ "Bramante, Donato". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Bramante". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Bramante". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ISBN 1-884446-00-0
    .
  5. ^ Forsyth, Joseph (2001). Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters During an Excursion in Italy, in the Years 1802 and 1803. University of Delaware Press. p. 289.
  6. ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Bramante" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 213–14
  7. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bramante" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 418
  8. ^ "Duomo di Pavia". Lombardia Beni Culturali. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  9. ISBN 978-1-107-04297-1
    .
  10. The Macmillan Company
    . p. ix.

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