Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

MADERNO, CARLO

(1556-1629)
Italian architect who in 1603 was given the task of bringing the construction of the basilica of St. Peter inRometo completion and changing the pure central-dome plan conceived byBramanteand perfected byMichelangelo, his greatest predecessors in designing the church, into a basilican form. This task involved designing the present nave and the façade at the west end of the church.

  1. maderno, carlo—Architect from Capolago now Switzerland who was active in Rome where he arrived in c. . There Maderno worked for his uncle Domenico Fontana Pope Sixtus Vs favored archite...Dictionary of Renaissance art
  2. maderno, carlo—See SAINT PETERS CHURCH ROME....Historical Dictionary of Architecture