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
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
The Basilica di San Lorenzo is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members o
Filippo Brunelleschi
…piloted ideas which he would later employ in his most famous work, the dome of the Cathedral of Florence. Brunelleschi undertook the major project of the Basilica of San Lorenzo soon after he had begun the Foundling Hospital. The former cathedral of Florence became again the largest church of the city, through the sponsorship…
Firenze Basilica di San Lorenzo Esterno Lato Nord 1
Interior looking toward the high altar
The cruciform basilica with the vast domed apsidal Medici Chapel; in the cloister is the Laurentian Library
Michelangelo's model for the façade of the basilica