Renaissance+Art+2

May 2010. <http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/ ||=  ||=   ||
 * = Dome of Florence -Brunelleschi- ||=  ||=   ||
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 * One of the important architectural projects of the entire Renaissance is the construction of the spectacular dome on top of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore,which is the Florence Cathedral, by Filippo Brunelleschi. The work, begun in the summer of 1420, and was finished except for the lantern by 1436. The dome was built without a wooden centering to support the masonry. To carry out the project successfully and convince his skeptical Florentines, Brunelleschi came up with a plan that served three crucial purpose which were to lighten the massive structure. ||  ||   ||
 * = //the dome of fllorence//. N.d. //institute and muesum of history of science//. Web. 5