Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and the Birth of the Renaissance

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Experiments with perspective

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Diagram showing where Brunelleschi would have stood to test his device (note the glaring error of this image which shows Brunelleschi's cupola and lantern as completed!)


Baptistery doors competition (1401 AD)

Panels depicting the sacrifice of Isaac

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Brunelleschi's entry














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Lorenzo Ghiberti's winning entry

Cupola of Florence Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore (1420-36)

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San Lorenzo, Florence (begun 1421)

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Aerial view









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View showing crossing tower

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View along nave from high altar. Note insubstantial nature of crossing piers


San Spirito, Florence (begun 1436)

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Aerial view (facade not by Brunelleschi)