| Description |
120 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm |
| Series |
Masters of Italian art |
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Masters of Italian art.
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| Contents |
Brunelleschi and early Renaissance Florence -- Inset: Brunelleschi among his artist friends -- The competition for the Baptistery door -- The discovery of centralized perspective -- Inset: Masaccio's Trinity -- The Ospedale degli Innocenti -- San Lorenzo -- Santo Spirito -- Inset: the theory of proportion -- The old sacristy -- Inset: works of art in clay: Luca della Robbia -- The Pazzi Chapel -- Santa Maria degli Angeli -- Inset: the centralized building -- Florence cathedral: Santa Maria del Fiore -- Brunelleschi's significance as an artist -- Chronology |
| Summary |
Brunelleschi's buildings are designs are few in number; but they have significance which cannot be overlooked. He based his buildings on the late medieval Florentine tradition: simple, clearly structured, evenly lit spaces, which he aimed to give a more perfect shape through their strict geometrically proportioned forms, and which he simultaneously transformed through the very personal language of his all"antica motifs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 120) |
| Subject |
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446.
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Architects -- Italy -- Biography.
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Architects -- Italy.
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Church architecture.
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| Author |
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446.
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| ISBN |
3829002416 |
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9783829002417 |
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