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to frame the “temple.” His intent was to coordinate the Tempietto
and its surrounding portico by aligning the columns of the two
structures.
At first glance, the Tempietto (FIG. 22-22) may seem severely
rational with its sober circular stylobate(stepped temple platform)
and the austere Tuscanstyle of the colonnade,neither feature giving
any indication of the placement of an interior altar or of the en-
trance. However, Bramante achieved a truly wonderful balance and
harmony in the relationship of the parts (dome, drum, and base) to
one another and to the whole. Conceived as a tall, domed cylinder
projecting from the lower, wider cylinder of its colonnade, this small
building incorporates all the qualities of a sculptured monument.
Bramante’s sculptural eye is most evident in the rhythmical play of
light and shadow seen around the columns and balustrade and across
the deep-set rectangular windows alternating with shallow shell-
capped niches in the cella(central room of a temple), walls, and
drum. Although the Tempietto, superficially at least, may resemble a
Greek tholos (a circular shrine;FIG. 5-72), and although antique mod-
els provided the inspiration for all its details, the combination of
parts and details was new and original. (Classical tholoi, for instance,
had neither drum nor balustrade.)

22-22Donato d’Angelo Bramante,Tempietto, San Pietro in
Montorio, Rome, Italy, 1502(?).

Contemporaries celebrated Bramante as the first to revive the classical
style in architecture. Roman round temples (FIG. 10-4) inspired this
“little temple,” but Bramante combined the classical parts in new ways.

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Santa Maria
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Palazzo
Barberini
Santa
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San Carlo alle
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Palazzo
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Colosseum
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