Brunelleschi

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Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)

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An Italian translation of De pictura (Della pittura) was published in 1436, one year after the original Latin version and addressed Filippo Brunelleschi in the preface. Source: Internet

In San Lorenzo's church nearby, Brunelleschi used little scrolling console brackets to break the strongly horizontal line of the course above the arcade. Source: Internet

Brunelleschi was aware that a dome of enormous proportion could in fact be engineered without a keystone. Source: Internet

Subsequently, Fra Angelico demonstrated an understanding of linear perspective particularly in his Annunciation paintings set inside the sort of arcades that Michelozzo and Brunelleschi created at San’ Marco's and the square in front of it. Source: Internet

Giovanni Fanelli, (1980) Brunelleschi, Becocci Firenze, pp. 3–10 The sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti had laboured for fifty years to create the bronze doors of the Baptistry, which Michelangelo was to describe as "The Gates of Paradise". Source: Internet

He drew on his contacts with early Quattrocento artists such as Brunelleschi, Donatello and Ghiberti to provide a practical handbook for the renaissance artist. Source: Internet

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