The central scheme was, together with the basilical shape, very important in early christian architecture. In the renaissance it experiences a revival as a model for a church. [br]The ten-part work of Vitruvius on architecture regains interest and around 1450 Alberti writes his own 10 books. Iconic for the central scheme in the renaissance are the Tempietto of Bramante, the Villa Rotonda of Palladio and the plans of Bramante and Michelangelo for the Saint Peters Basilic in Rome.