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Physical description; 184 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliography : p. 175. Summary; This work tells the story of the largest masonry dome ever built, describing the tremendous labour, technical ingenuity and bitter personal strife involved in its creation. Initially regarded as impossible to build, the construction of the dome, for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, became the greatest architectural puzzle of the age, and, when finally completed in 1436, was hailed as one of the great wonders of the world. Also told is the story of the dome's architect, the brilliant and volatile Fillippo Brunelleschi. His ambition and ingenuity, personal rivalries and intrigues are set in the context of the plagues, wars and political feuds of Renaissance Florence. Subjects; Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446). - Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore. Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446) - Criticism and interpretation Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral : Florence, Italy) - History. Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral : Florence, Italy). Cupola - History. Santa Maria del Fiore (Church : Florence, Italy) - History. Renaissance - Italy. Domes - Italy - Florence. Cathedrals - Italy - Florence. Architecture, Renaissance - Italy - Florence. Cathedrals - Italy - Florence - Design and construction - History. Domes - Italy - Florence - Design and construction - History. Domes and domed buildings - Italy. Florence - History - Renaissance. Florence - Art - Architecture. Religious buildings ; Renaissance art ; Biography & autobiography: historical, political & military ; European history: (c 500 to c 1500). Italy ; (c 1000 CE to c 1500). Architecture / History / General. Architecture, Renaissance ; Italy ; Florence ; Renaissance. Brunelleschi, Fillippo. Genre; Illustrated.

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By all accounts, Filippo Brunelleschi, goldsmith and clockmaker, was an unkempt, cantankerous, and suspicious man-even by the generous standards according to which artists were judged in fifteenth-century Florence. He also designed and erected a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore-a feat of architectural daring that we continue to marvel at today-thus securing himself a place among the most formidable geniuses of the Renaissance. At first denounced as a madman, Brunelleschi literally reinvented the field of architecture amid plagues, wars, and political feuds to raise seventy million pounds of metal, wood, and marble hundreds of feet in the air. Ross King's captivating narrative brings to life the personalities and intrigue surrounding the twenty-eight-year-long construction of the dome, opening a window onto Florentine life during one of history's most fascinating eras.

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"Compelling... professional jealousy, committee intrigue, feats of bluff and fascinating scraps of obsolete lore... Where Longitude had ocean wastes, Brunelleschi's Dome has vertigo" (Spectator)

"As each novel feat of genius engineering flowers high above the ground, details of scandals and pranks blow up from the city streets to create an altogether enchanting tale" (Dava Sobel, author of Longitude)

"An adventure yarn set on the wild frontiers of human knowledge... abounding with excellent stories" (Financial Times)

"A wonderfully vivid little book" (Daily Telegraph)

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  • ÉditeurChatto & Windus
  • Date d'édition2000
  • ISBN 10 0701169036
  • ISBN 13 9780701169039
  • ReliureRelié
  • Numéro d'édition1
  • Nombre de pages192
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