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(The genius of Filippo Brunelleschi and the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore). ISBN 978-88-8347-691-4. The book is the result of forty years of research on the secret technique with which Brunelleschi built the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
The work on the dome (built 1420–1436), the lantern (built 1446–c. 1461) and the exedra (built 1439–1445) occupied most of the remainder of Brunelleschi's life. [40] Brunelleschi's success can be attributed to his technical and mathematical genius. [41] Brunelleschi used more than four million bricks in the construction of the octagonal dome.
The Dome was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Giotto's Bell Tower: Standing adjacent the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistery of St. John, the tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture with its design by Giotto, its rich sculptural decorations and the poly-chrome marble encrustations.
The dome was completed up to the base of the lantern in May 1590, a few months before the death of Pope Sixtus V. The lantern and lead covering for the dome were completed later, with the brass orb and cross being raised in 1592. [34] The lantern is 17 meters high and the dome is 136.57 meters from the base to the top of the cross. [35]
Filippo Brunelleschi: Sacristy of Santa Trinita: 1418–1423: Lorenzo Ghiberti: Spedale degli Innocenti: 1419–1426: Filippo Brunelleschi and others: Convent of San Domenico: c. 1419-38 and 1480-90: Michelozzo and Giuliano da Maiano: Fiesole: Basilica of San Lorenzo: 1419–1460: Filippo Brunelleschi and others: Sagrestia Vecchia of San ...
Opening off the south transept of the basilica is the square, domed space, the Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy, that was designed by Brunelleschi (1377–1446) and that is the oldest part of the present church and the only part completed in Brunelleschi's lifetime. It contains the tombs of several members of the Medici family.
The competition to build it was won by Brunelleschi, who built the largest dome since Roman times. Basilica of San Lorenzo. The Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence was designed by Brunelleschi using all the things he had learnt by studying the architecture of Ancient Rome. It has arches, columns and round-topped windows in the Roman style.
Brunelleschi's plan to use suspended scaffolding for the workers won out over alternatives such as building a provisional stone support column in the center of the crossing or filling the space with earth, and he and Lorenzo Ghiberti were made joint leaders of the project to build the dome for Florence Cathedral in 1420.