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Filippo Brunelleschi. 1377-1446 “The Dome Guy”. Failure. Started as a goldsmith/sculptor. Lost in a competition (to build a set of doors for the Florence Baptistery) to Ghiberti and switched to architecture. Rome with Donatello. Traveled together
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Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 “The Dome Guy”
Failure • Started as a goldsmith/sculptor. Lost in a competition (to build a set of doors for the Florence Baptistery) to Ghiberti and switched to architecture.
Rome with Donatello • Traveled together • Donatello studied the statues. Brunelleschi drew sketches of the buildings/sculptures. • Called themselves “the heirs or Rome” • Other artists called them “treasure seekers”
Linear Perspectives • Around 1420 painted two panels to demonstrate his theory of linear perspectives • His theory: all parallel lines in the foreground of painting should converge at a single vanishing point on the horizon. • Pointed out that close-up figures should appear larger than distant ones.
“Brunelleschi’s Dome” • Competition to design a dome for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. • Designed double dome. • 16 years to build.
After the dome… • After designing dome, worked on more buildings • The Florentine churches of Santa Maria degli Angel, San Lorenzo, Santo Spirito, and Pazzi Chapel in Santa Croce. Churches of Santa Maria degli Angeli