a man take out the commission and started work in fifteen zero six. forty years were to pass before the sculptor painter poet and scientist michelangelo be in russia he became the architect and site manager of st peter's. he was seventy two when he took over the supervision of europe's largest building sites in fifteen forty seven. the dome of st. he says is the tallest freestanding masonry structure in the world. in an area not having it in the river dome was michelangelo's idea and its construction was the pinnacle of his artistic career. his creative life lasted seventy years he saw himself as a sculptor but he also created a popular works as a painter and architect. he spent years inquiries constantly searching for