2. CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Location
• Angelo’s
Contribution
• Interior
• Walkways
• Courtyard
• Plan & Section
• Grandeur
• Details
• View
INTRODUCTION
• One of the most momentous structure build in the High Renaissance
period.
• Designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and built between 1517 and
1589.
• In 1546, when Sangallo died, leaving the building of the palace
unfinished, Michelangelo was appointed by Pope Paul III, who was a
member of the Farnese family, to complete the work.
• Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in
1936 for a period of 99 years,
• The palace now houses the French Embassy.
4. CONTENTS
ANGELO’S CONTRIBUTION
• Michelangelo is responsible for the balcony, the large coat of arms, the
windows of the upper story, and the cornice of the main facade, as
well as for the upper story of the cortile, or main courtyard, which is
more Mannerist than High Renaissance in style.
• Projecting cornice which throws a deep shadow on the top of the
facade.
• Also, he revised the central window in 1541, adding an architrave to
give a central focus to the facade, above which is the largest
papal stemma, or coat-of-arms with papal tiara, Rome had ever seen.
• Introduction
• Location
• Angelo’s
Contribution
• Interior
• Walkways
• Courtyard
• Plan & Section
• Grandeur
• Details
• View