Therefore it may be assumed as certain that the members of an architectural structure follow the laws exemplified in the human body.

He who has not been or is not a good master of the nude, and especially of anatomy, cannot understand the principles of architecture." It followed that Michelangelo's first object, when he became Papal architect-in-chief, was to introduce order into the anarchy of previous plans, and to return, so far as this was now possible, to Bramante's simpler scheme.

He adopted the Greek cross, and substituted a stately portico for the long vestibule invented by Sangallo.

It was not, however, in his nature, nor did the changed taste of the times permit him to reproduce Bramante's manner.

So far as S.Peter's bears the mark of Michelangelo at all, it represents his own peculiar genius.