Brunelleschi's Dome, How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Brunelleschi's Dome, How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture image
ISBN-10:

0701169036

ISBN-13:

9780701169039

Author(s): King, Ross
Edition: First American, First Printing
Released: Jan 01, 2000
Publisher: Walker & Co
Format: Hardcover, 184 pages
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Physical description; 184 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliography : p. 175. Summary; This work tells the story of the largest masonry dome ever built, describing the tremendous labour, technical ingenuity and bitter personal strife involved in its creation. Initially regarded as impossible to build, the construction of the dome, for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, became the greatest architectural puzzle of the age, and, when finally completed in 1436, was hailed as one of the great wonders of the world. Also told is the story of the dome's architect, the brilliant and volatile Fillippo Brunelleschi. His ambition and ingenuity, personal rivalries and intrigues are set in the context of the plagues, wars and political feuds of Renaissance Florence. Subjects; Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446). - Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore. Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446) - Criticism and interpretation Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral : Florence, Italy) - History. Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral : Florence, Italy). Cupola - History. Santa Maria del Fiore (Church : Florence, Italy) - History. Renaissance - Italy. Domes - Italy - Florence. Cathedrals - Italy - Florence. Architecture, Renaissance - Italy - Florence. Cathedrals - Italy - Florence - Design and construction - History. Domes - Italy - Florence - Design and construction - History. Domes and domed buildings - Italy. Florence - History - Renaissance. Florence - Art - Architecture. Religious buildings ; Renaissance art ; Biography & autobiography: historical, political & military ; European history: (c 500 to c 1500). Italy ; (c 1000 CE to c 1500). Architecture / History / General. Architecture, Renaissance ; Italy ; Florence ; Renaissance. Brunelleschi, Fillippo. Genre; Illustrated.

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