Bramante's esteemed reputation as the father of High Renaissance architecture rests on a series of projects initiated towards the end of his life in Rome, including the enormous extension to the Vatican Palace and the new plans for the rebuilding of St Peter's. Although few of these buildings, even his masterpiece, the Tempietto, exist in the form in which they were conceived, it is still clear that they constituted a decisive departure from the traditions of the recent past. Due to his patron Pope Julius II taking full advantage of the opportunities presented, and through a profound re-evaluation of the heritage of Classical antiquity, Bramante achieved in these buildings a dignity and majesty quite new to Renaissance architecture. Already recognized by his contemporaries as a great innovator, Bramante had by far the most enduring and pervasive influence on the course of architecture throughout the 16th century.

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	Palazzo Caprini: Façade c. 1510 Engraving Victoria and Albert Museum, London	1300*812 True Color 192 Kb
	Interior view 1500-04 Photo Cloister, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome	1900*1262 True Color 217 Kb
	Interior view 1500-04 Photo Cloister, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome	1158*738 True Color 196 Kb
	Interior view 1505-09 Photo Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome	1642*1800 True Color 203 Kb
	Interior view 1505-09 Photo Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome	1350*1800 True Color 163 Kb
	Plans for New St Peter's in Rome 1506 Drawing Museo Petriano, Vatican, Rome	777*1000 True Color 109 Kb
	Exterior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome	686*909 True Color 92 Kb
	Exterior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome	682*951 True Color 97 Kb
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome	750*1000 True Color 85 Kb
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome	1000*750 True Color 117 Kb
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome	1200*1600 True Color 246 Kb
	Study for the Tempietto c. 1502 Drawing Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	701*859 True Color 94 Kb
	General view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace	1250*1000 True Color 224 Kb
	General view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace	1100*655 True Color 149 Kb
	Exterior view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace	1700*1275 True Color 235 Kb
	Spiral staircase - Photo Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican	1165*776 True Color 79 Kb