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Brunelleschi's Dome

How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

By Ross King

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| Paperback | 9780142000151

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Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing. . . . Fascinating." (Los Angeles Times)

By all accounts, Filippo Brunelleschi, goldsmith and clockmaker, was an unkempt, cantankerous, and suspicious man-even by thContinue

Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing. . . . Fascinating." (Los Angeles Times)

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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  • Dome alone

    Brunelleschi's Dome Ross King (Pimlico, £10) Buy it at a discount at BOL Towering over the streets of Florence - visible, on clear days, up to 16 miles away - the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the greatest man-made wonders of the world; and ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Brunelleschi's Dome By Ross King

    Building an architectural wonderThe reality of the past always stands out in stark contrast to our fuzzy mental pictures. Ross King's account of the building of Brunelleschi's Dome, the gargantuan centerpiece of renaissance Florence's Santa Maria del ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 208 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0142000159
  • ISBN-13: 9780142000151
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 2001
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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