ID: 700000167 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000167	Record Type: Built Work

Dome of Saint Peter's (dome (architectural element); designed by Michelangelo, design revised by Giacomo della Po...; designed mid-1550s, constructe...)

Note: The brick dome uses four iron chains for a compression ring; it is buttressed by the apses and supported internally by four massive piers more than 18 m thick. Bramante's original floor plan called for the dome over a Greek cross plan. Michelangelo designed the dome; after his death Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana executed the dome, altering the shape to make it steeper and taller than Michelangelo's design. The dome was finally completed under Sixtus V; Gregory XIV ordered the erection of the lantern.

Titles:

Dome of Saint Peter's (preferred,C,U,CO,English,U,U)

Cupola di San Pietro (C,U,Italian-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: component

Work Types:

dome (architectural element) [300001280] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <domes and dome components>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: designed mid-1550s, constructed late 16th century

Creator Display:

designed by Michelangelo, design revised by Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana [preferred,VP]

architect Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, 1475-1564) Extent: design [500010654]

architect Porta, Giacomo della (Italian architect, sculptor, 1532/1533-1602 or 1604 ) Extent: revision [500025366]

architect Fontana, Domenico (Italian architect, 1543-1607) Extent: revision [500022415]

architect Bramante, Donato (Italian architect and painter, 1444-1514) Extent: previous design [500019098]

patron Gregory XIV, Pope (Italian pope, 1535-1591) [500355722]

patron Sixtus V, Pope (Italian pope, 1521-1590) [500231367]

Locations:

Santa Sede [7001168] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: brick, with iron chain compression ring

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	compression [300220420]
	.......(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, materials sciences concepts, strength of materials)

	reinforcement [300223809]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, stabilizing, strengthening)

Dimensions: 42 m (138 feet); height of dome: 138 m (452 feet) above the street, 119 m (390 feet) above the floor

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Inscriptions: Interior, around the inside of the dome in letters 2 m (6.6 feet) in height: TV ES PETRVS ET SVPER HANC PETRAM AEDIFICABO ECCLESIAM MEAM. TIBI DABO CLAVES REGNI CAELORVM (...you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. ... I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven... Vulgate, Matthew 16:18–19.);beneath the lantern: S. PETRI GLORIAE SIXTVS PP. V. A. M. D. XC. PONTIF. V (to the glory of St Peter; Sixtus V, pope, in the year 1590, the fifth of his pontificate)

Related Works:

	related to .... St Peter's, dome, model, half elevation (recto) blank (verso) [700008437]
	..........drawing (visual work); circle of Etienne DuPérac (French, ca. 1535–1604); early to mid-16th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 49.92.1;

	study is .... Section and Elevation of the Drum and Dome of St. Peter’s [700008435]
	..........drawing (visual work); Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian, 1475-1564); mid-1550s; Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France); Collection Wicar, 93-94;

	model is .... Half Model for the Dome and Drum for St. Peter’s, Rome [700008436]
	..........architectural model; design by Michelangelo, executed by unknown carpenter, proba...; 1558-1561

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

............... Vatican Complex

.................... Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano

Sources and Contributors:
Dome of Saint Peter's	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)
Cupola di San Pietro	........ [VP]
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... CDWA online (1995-)
	..... Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)