Giuliano da Sangallo

Giuliano da Sangallo (c. 1445–1516) was a Florentine Renaissance architect and military engineer. His work included the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano and designs for St. Peter’s Basilica.

Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano: A Medici country residence near Prato, designed by Giuliano da Sangallo and begun in the late fifteenth century. Its classical portico and villa layout are among his best-known architectural achievements.
Renaissance architecture: European architecture from roughly the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, marked by renewed study of classical forms and proportion. Sangallo’s buildings belong to the period’s revival of ancient architectural principles.
Antonio da Sangallo the Elder: An Italian Renaissance architect and Giuliano da Sangallo’s younger brother and professional collaborator. The brothers worked together, and Antonio continued the family’s architectural practice.
Donato Bramante: An Italian Renaissance architect whose centralized design initiated the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica. Bramante’s project preceded and shaped the design problem Sangallo later addressed.
St. Peter’s Basilica: A major Catholic basilica in Vatican City, rebuilt from the sixteenth century onward. Sangallo submitted designs during the basilica’s long rebuilding project.
Classical orders: The systems of columns and entablatures developed in ancient Greek and Roman architecture. He used classical orders to give Renaissance buildings measured, antique character.
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger: An Italian Renaissance architect and military engineer, nephew of Giuliano and a leading designer of St. Peter’s Basilica. Giuliano’s nephew inherited the family’s architectural and engineering tradition.
Raphael: An Italian Renaissance painter and architect who proposed a revised plan for St. Peter’s Basilica. His basilica design offered a competing solution to the project Sangallo joined.
Santa Maria delle Carceri: A Renaissance church in Prato designed by Giuliano da Sangallo and built around a Greek-cross plan. The church demonstrates his use of centralized planning and classical architectural language.
Centralized-plan church: A church organized around a central geometric space, often using a circle, polygon, or Greek cross. His church designs explored centralized plans associated with Renaissance ideals of geometric harmony.

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Trace italienneRelated: His fortification designs helped develop the angular, artillery-resistant style.