Brunelleschis Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture King RossPaperback
Brunelleschis Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture King RossPaperback The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in…
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Brunelleschis Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture King RossPaperback
The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it.On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore 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. It was offered 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 largest dome in the world.
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