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The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence possesses the largest brick dome in the world, [2] [3] and is considered a masterpiece of European architecture.. Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ ˌ b r uː n ə ˈ l ɛ s k i / BROO-nə-LESK-ee; Italian: [fiˈlippo brunelˈleski]) and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon ...
The Ospedale degli Innocenti (Italian pronunciation: [ospeˈdaːle deʎʎ innoˈtʃɛnti]; 'Hospital of the Innocents'), also known in old Tuscan dialect as the Spedale degli Innocenti, is a historic building in Florence, Italy. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, [1] [2] who received the commission in 1419 from the Arte della Seta. It was ...
Palazzo di Parte Guelfa Brunelleschi hall. The Palazzo di Parte Guelfa (also called Palagio di Parte Guelfa) is a historical building in Florence, central Italy. During the Middle Ages, it was the medieval headquarters of the Guelph party in the city (Parte Guelfa). It stands across the alley from the Palazzo Canacci.
Filippo Brunelleschi: Sacristy of Santa Trinita: 1418–1423: Lorenzo Ghiberti: Spedale degli Innocenti: 1419–1426: Filippo Brunelleschi and others: Convent of San Domenico: c. 1419-38 and 1480-90: Michelozzo and Giuliano da Maiano: Fiesole: Basilica of San Lorenzo: 1419–1460: Filippo Brunelleschi and others: Sagrestia Vecchia of San ...
The most common argument for crediting Brunelleschi is the chapel's clear similarity to the Old Sacristy; others argue that his style had developed in the twenty-year interim and that the Pazzi Chapel would represent a retrograde step. [4] The first written mention of Brunelleschi as the architect was written by an anonymous author in the 1490s ...
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Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and paid for by the Medici family, [2] who also used it for their tombs, it set the tone for the development of a new style of architecture that was built around proportion, the unity of elements, and the use of the classical orders. The space came to be called the "Old Sacristy" after a new one was begun in ...
The basilica has a complicated building history. The project was begun around 1419, under the direction of Filippo Brunelleschi. Lack of funds slowed the construction and forced changes to the original design. By the early 1440s, only its sacristy (now called the Old Sacristy) had been worked on because that was being paid for by the Medici. In ...