Bramante's esteemed reputation as the father of High Renaissance architecture rests on a series of projects initiated towards the end of his life in Rome, including the enormous extension to the Vatican Palace and the new plans for the rebuilding of St Peter's. Although few of these buildings, even his masterpiece, the Tempietto, exist in the form in which they were conceived, it is still clear that they constituted a decisive departure from the traditions of the recent past. Due to his patron Pope Julius II taking full advantage of the opportunities presented, and through a profound re-evaluation of the heritage of Classical antiquity, Bramante achieved in these buildings a dignity and majesty quite new to Renaissance architecture. Already recognized by his contemporaries as a great innovator, Bramante had by far the most enduring and pervasive influence on the course of architecture throughout the 16th century.

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	Palazzo Caprini: Façade c. 1510 Engraving Victoria and Albert Museum, London
	Interior view 1500-04 Photo Cloister, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
	Interior view 1500-04 Photo Cloister, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
	Interior view 1505-09 Photo Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
	Interior view 1505-09 Photo Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
	Plans for New St Peter's in Rome 1506 Drawing Museo Petriano, Vatican, Rome
	Exterior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
	Exterior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
	Interior view 1502 Photo Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
	Study for the Tempietto c. 1502 Drawing Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
	General view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace
	General view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace
	Exterior view begun 1505 Photo Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican Palace
	Spiral staircase - Photo Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican