Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Ross King
262 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1402556829
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2000
ArchitectureArtArt HistoryBiographyEuropean HistoryHistoricalHistoryItalyNonfictionScience
Describes how a fifteenth-century goldsmith and clockmaker, Filippo Brunelleschi, came up with a unique design for the dome to crown Florence’s magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore.