Donato Bramante
1444-1514
Italian architect who launched the High Renaissance style in architecture. Bramante was born in Monte Asdruald (now Fermignano), near Urbino. Details of his early life are sk...
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The Italian architect and painter Donato Bramante (1444-1514) was the first High Renaissance architect. He transformed the classical style of the 15th century into a grave and monumental manner, which...
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Art experts had not known of the existence of a centuries-old sketch believed to be Michelangelo's work before it was found by chance by a researcher going through the archives of St. Peter's Basil...
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A long-missing Michelangelo sketch for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, possibly his last design before his death, has been discovered in the basilica's offices, the Vatican newspaper said Thursda...
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