Michelangelo’s Career as an Architect and Engineer
4:59
Grades: 3 - 8
Video Description: Dr. William Wallace, Michelangelo expert, discusses how the artist’s architecture and engineering skills were used to redesign and reconstruct St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Type of Video: Topical*
Unique Video ID: Biography-20**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Based on the video, have student’s make a scale drawing of the ramps used to allow donkeys to carry material up to the construction sites.
*Topical videos are filmed on location in the classroom/workspace/laboratory, in studio, or a combination of both to explain and/or demonstrate specific concepts, events, topics, or processes.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
