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QA710 - The Piazza Campidoglio in Rome.

Fig. 710 (p. 859) - This revolutionary design of the egg-shaped Piazza Campidoglio was given by Michelangelo around 1636/37. However, this plan was not executed, due to the death of Pope Paul III in 1649. In stead, an oval and circular design with eighth spokes covered the piazza in the intermediate years until 1940. In that year Mussolini decided to recreate Michelangelo original design with twelve stars.

TRANCIK, Roger (1986). Finding Lost Space. Theories of Urban Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. ISBN 0-442-28399-7

 

Docill 48; 6071

Du Pérac’s rendering of the Campidoglio is given as fig. 12 in:

KITAO, Tomothy K. (1974).

Docill 105; 12967 Docill 105; 12971 - 12972

Michelangelo’s plan for the Campidoglio in an engraving by Dupérac c. 1544, fig. 332 in:

NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian (1974). Meaning in Western Architecture. Studio Vista/Electa Editrice, Milano/Praeger Publications, Inc. ISBN 0 289 705699 X

Docill 70; 8307

The Campidoglio Plan is given as fig. 3-6 in:

TRANCIK, Roger (1986). Op.cit.

Docill 88; 10755

An aerial view of Michelangelo’s Piazza Campidoglio is given as fig. 303 in:

SCULLY, Vincent (1991). Architecture. The natural and the manmade. St. Martin’s Press, New York. ISBN 0-312-06292-3

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