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A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The
Comparison of a generic "true" arch (left) and a corbel arch (right)
Dome of the Church of the Assumption in Carcaixent
Drawing of the Treasury of Atreus
Mosque of Dinguiraye, Guinea, ca. 1900
Filippo Brunelleschi
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Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi, commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon Battista Alberti, was an Italian architect, designer, goldsmith, and sculptor. He is c
Dome
…circular drum and spherical pendentives. The west domed chamber was built earlier than the east domed chamber and appears to be from the 18th century. Filippo Brunelleschi's octagonal brick domical vault over Florence Cathedral was built between 1420 and 1436, and the lantern surmounting the dome was completed in 1467…
Portrait by Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1423–1428
Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral towering above Florence, with the largest brick dome in the world, realized by Brunelleschi.
St. John the Evangelist, Silver Altar of Saint James, Pistoia Cathedral (1399–1400)
Jeremiah and Isaiah, altarpiece of St. James