Another Star In The World

Last week, I talked about Frank Lloyd Wright, who is a star of modern day architecture. This week I'm going to talk about Michelangelo, who was a star of the classical architecture. 

You may know him for the painting on the ceiling inside the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel was built in 1512. The ceiling is 40 m wide by 13 m long. It took him just about four years to complete. He painted it all himself. There are over 300 figures painted in the ceiling. 

Before he was a painter, he was a great architect. One of his most well known buildings is the Basilica of St. Peters's in Rome, Italy.  The building was already constructed when he took his part. The building was falling apart, the dome particularly. Since the building was already built he needed to remodel it. He couldn't add on or do anything to the exterior since there were buildings already built in its surrounding sides.