SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES Present an Architectural Seminar

"MICHELANGELO in ROME"

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM

SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES - S. DILLON RIPLEY CENTER - 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW | Washington, DC 20036 - METRORAIL: SMITHSONIAN MALL Exit (Blue/Orange Lines) - BUY @ CLICK HERE

Michelangelo the sculptor and Michelangelo the painter are world-famous, but Michelangelo the architect is far less well-known. Yet his influence on the history of architecture was no less profound than his influence on sculpture and painting, and the innovative works he designed in Rome made him both the father of the Baroque style of architecture and the father of modern city planning.

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