Donato Bramante (c. 1444-1514 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect whose most famous project was the design for a new Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, even if this work remained unfinished at his death. Bramante had also designed the influential Tempietto of San Pietro, a classical-inspired circular temple in Rome, and parts of the Sant'Ambrogio Basilica and monastery complex of Milan. The architect's Palazzo Caprini in Rome, with its lower storey of arched shop fronts and classical columns above, was hugely influential on palace buildings thereafter. For these works, Bramante is justifiably considered the founding father of High Renaissance architecture and a master of reimagining elements from classical antiquity to create simple yet elegant buildings built on a grand scale.
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c. 1444 - 1514Life of the Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante.
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1480The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante moves to Milan.
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1485The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante works on the Church of Santa Maria Presso San Satiro in Milan.
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1492 - 1497The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante works on on Milan’s Santa Maria delle Grazie church.
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1492 - 1494The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante likely works on the rectangular piazza in Vigevano.
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1493The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante works for Ludovico Sforza to assess the fortifications along Lombardy’s border with Switzerland.
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1499The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante moves to Rome.
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1500The Italian Renaissance architect Bramante designs the cloister for the Santa Maria della Pace church in Rome.
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1501The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante designs the Palazzo Caprini in Rome, aka 'Raphael's House'.
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c. 1502The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante designs the Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio, Rome.
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1504The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante redesigns the space between the Vatican Palace and the Villa Belvedere in Rome.
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c. 1506The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante creates his design for the new Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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11 Apr 1514The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante dies in Rome.
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1517 - 1520The Italian Renaissance artist Raphael lives in Rome’s Palazzo Caprini, designed by Donato Bramante.