Study of Fortification for the Porta al Prato of Ognissanti by Michelangelo
This Michelangelo study is of a fortification for the Porta al Prato of
Ognissanti (c. 1529-30). None of the fortifications built by
Michelangelo have survived, but the remaining drawings remind us of
Michelangelo's expertise as an engineer. This skill would serve him
well when he designed the piers and dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
 This study of fortification for the Porta al Prato of Ognissanti (16 x 22-1/8 inches) by Michelangelo, done in pen and ink, watercolor, and red pencil, can be seen at Casa Buonarroti, Florence. |
The next building by Michelangelo is of a more peaceful kind: the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, built on the Capitoline Hill and meant to invoke the greatness of Rome's antiquity.
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