Brunelleschi's Dome How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Name: Brunelleschi's Dome How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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ISBN: 9781620401934

ISBN-10: 1620401932

ISBN-13: 9781620401934

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ross King

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On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore--already under construction for more than a century--was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome....shall do so before the end of the month of September." The proposed dome was regarded far and wide as all but impossible to build: not only would it be enormous, but its original and sacrosanct design shunned the flying buttresses that supported cathedrals all over Europe. The dome would literally need to be erected over thin air.Of the many plans submitted, one stood out--a daring and unorthodox solution to vaulting what is still the…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



A More Beautiful and Honourable Temple



The Goldsmith of San Giovanni



The Treasure Hunters



An Ass and a Babbler



The Rivals



Men without Name or Family



Some Unheard-of Machine



The Chain of Stone



The Tale of the Fat Carpenter



The Pointed Fifth



Bricks and Mortar



Circle by Circle



The Monster of the Arno



Debacle at Lucca



From Bad to Worse



Consecration



The Lantern



Magni Ingenii Viri Philippi Brunelleschi



The Nest of Delights


Notes


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Index