Brunelleschi

Dome of Florence Cathedral

The dome he built without centering — an engineering marvel that remains the largest masonry dome ever constructed — announced the Renaissance. He also formalized linear perspective, giving painters the tool to construct rational pictorial space.

Key works

• Dome of Florence Cathedral1420–1436— Largest masonry dome ever built
  Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
• Ospedale degli Innocenti1419— First Renaissance building
  Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Connections

External