Michelangelo wrote about the architecture and artwork before the time of the Renaissance. He studied the cities of ancient Rome trying to get a feel for what they would have looked like before Germanic tribes changed the lifestyle of the Romans. Michelangelo did not appreciate the artwork of the Gothic and much preferred that of the classical antiquity. Though the two styles are quite impressive in their own ways, I agree with Michelangelo, and prefer the style of Classical Antiquity.
The Roman architecture is remarkable in so many different ways. …
