Filippo Brunelleschi

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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Filippo Brunelleschi
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  • Nationality: Italian
  • Lifespan: 1377 - 1446
  • Date of Birth: He was born in 1377 in Florence, Italy
  • Family connections : He was the son of a lawyer and notary called Brunellesco Di Lippo, Filippo's mother was Giuliana Spini
  • Early Life and Education: He was trained as a sculptor and goldsmith in one of the Florentine workshops
  • Career and timeline of Filippo Brunelleschi : 
    • 1392: Started his apprenticeship as a goldsmith
    • 1398: Filippo passed his examination and became a guild master goldsmith
    • 1401: Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti and Lorenzo Ghiberti won a competition designing the bronze doors of Baptistery of Florence Cathedral
      • This work featured panels of the Sacrifice of Isaac
    • Filippo Brunelleschi then turned to his favorite interest of architecture
    • 1409: He worked on the construction of Santa Maria di fiori
    • He worked on the reinforcement problem of the Cupola of the Santa Maria di fiori
      • Definition of cupola: A cupola is a dome, especially a small dome, on a circular base crowning a roof or turret of a building. A cupola also serves as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere 
    • 1418: His design won the competition for the Cupola of Santa Maria di fiori
    • 1421: Brunelleschi started work on the Spedale degli Innocenti
    • 1423: Filippo Brunelleschi was put in complete charge of the building works of the Cupola of Santa Maria di fiori
    • 1423: Brunelleschi also worked on the reconstruction of San Lorenzo
    • 1425: Architectural work on the Ponte a Mare at Pisa, Palazzo di Parte Guelfa
    • 1428: Brunelleschi also worked onthe Old Sacristy at San Lorenzo
    • 1430: Brunelleschi also worked the Pazzi Chapel in the Cloisters of Santa Croce
    • 1434: The main structure of the Cupola of Santa Maria di fiori   was completed
    • 1436: Brunelleschi worked and on the design for the medieval city of Santo Spirito
    • 1436: The lantern of the Cupola of Santa Maria di fiori  was completed
      • The lantern was erected by using a machine a machine that was built with the help of Leonardo da Vinci
    • 1438: The four tribunes in the apse in the Cupola of Santa Maria di fiori  were completed
  • Date of Death: Filippo Brunelleschi died on April 15, 1446. The cause of death is unknown
  • When Filippo Brunelleschi died he was buried in Santa Maria del Fiore
  • Accomplishments or why Filippo Brunelleschi was famous: Artist, Sculptor and Architect. He developed a technique creating the curves of the cupola without a supporting framework forming the basis of Renaissance architecture. Filippo Brunelleschi used clear geometry and symmetry in his work and often used the simplest materials
  • Brunelleschi also developed the use of perspective, which revolutionized painting in the Middle Ages, allowing for naturalistic styles as opposed to the stylized figures of medieval art

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