he was commissioned to rebuild the civic square of rome, the piazza campidoglio.n a hill above the forum, he created a classical frame for the medieval city hall-- a stage for the drama of politics. as he had with saint peter's, michelangelo used a bold reworking of classical architecture and integrated ancient statues into his design. throughout his life as architect and artist, michelangelo had stayed at the center of power-- a turbulent force in turbulent tim. but there is anoth journey in his life as an artist which became increasingly important to him-- a journey equally heroic, equally mythic, but private. it's revealed in his intimate productions-- in his letters, in his sonnets and sketches. and it takes him away from this public stage into his inner life-- questioning the artist's role and indeed the very nature of art itself. in his final years, michelangelo wrote a profoundly personal sonnet. "in a frail boat, "thrgh stormy seas, "my life in s course "has noweached the harbor "the bar owhich all men must cross "to render account of good and evil done. "