Pietra serena
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Pietra serena is a blue-gray sandstone used extensively in Renaissance Florence for architectural details. It is also known as Macigno stone. The material obtained at Fiesole is considered the best an
Pietra serena boulders quarried in cava Nardini, Vellano, Tuscany, Italy
Pazzi Chapel in Florence, Italy
Staircase designed by Michelangelo at the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy
Mined pietra serena rock at a quarry in Vellano
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