BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Italian Early Renaissance Sculptor and Architect, 1377-1446 Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 ?C April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. All of his principal works are in Florence, Italy. As explained by Antonio Manetti, who knew Brunelleschi and who wrote his biography, Brunelleschi "was granted such honors as to be buried in Santa Maria del Fiore, and with a marble bust, which they say was carved from life, and placed there in perpetual memory with such a splendid epitaph." In 1401,Brunelleschi entered a competition to design a new set of bronze doors for the baptistery in Florence. Along with another young goldsmith, Lorenzo Ghiberti, he produced a gilded bronze panel, depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. His entry made reference to a classical statue, known as the 'thorn puller', whilst Ghiberti used a naked torso for his figure of Isaac. In 1403, Ghiberti was announced the victor, largely because of his superior technical skill: his panel showed a more sophisticated knowledge of bronze-casting; it was completed in one single piece. Brunelleschi's piece, by contrast, was comprised of numerous pieces bolted to the back plate. Ghiberti went on to complete a second set of bronze doors for the baptistery, whose beauty Michelangelo extolled a hundred years later, saying "surely these must be the "Gates of Paradise."

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BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo Crucifix  no oil painting


Crucifix no
1412-13 Wood Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Painting ID::  5511
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Crucifix no
1412-13 Wood Santa Maria Novella, Florence
   
   
     

BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo Dome of the Cathedral  dfg oil painting


Dome of the Cathedral dfg
1420-36 Duomo, Florence
Painting ID::  5512
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Dome of the Cathedral dfg
1420-36 Duomo, Florence
   
   
     

BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo Facade df oil painting


Facade df
1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Painting ID::  5513
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Facade df
1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
   
   
     

BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo Loggia dfg oil painting


Loggia dfg
1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Painting ID::  5514
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Loggia dfg
1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
   
   
     

BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo Old Sacristy fd oil painting


Old Sacristy fd
1418-28 Church of San Lorenzo, Florence
Painting ID::  5515
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Old Sacristy fd
1418-28 Church of San Lorenzo, Florence
   
   
     

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     Italian Early Renaissance Sculptor and Architect, 1377-1446 Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 ?C April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. All of his principal works are in Florence, Italy. As explained by Antonio Manetti, who knew Brunelleschi and who wrote his biography, Brunelleschi "was granted such honors as to be buried in Santa Maria del Fiore, and with a marble bust, which they say was carved from life, and placed there in perpetual memory with such a splendid epitaph." In 1401,Brunelleschi entered a competition to design a new set of bronze doors for the baptistery in Florence. Along with another young goldsmith, Lorenzo Ghiberti, he produced a gilded bronze panel, depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. His entry made reference to a classical statue, known as the 'thorn puller', whilst Ghiberti used a naked torso for his figure of Isaac. In 1403, Ghiberti was announced the victor, largely because of his superior technical skill: his panel showed a more sophisticated knowledge of bronze-casting; it was completed in one single piece. Brunelleschi's piece, by contrast, was comprised of numerous pieces bolted to the back plate. Ghiberti went on to complete a second set of bronze doors for the baptistery, whose beauty Michelangelo extolled a hundred years later, saying "surely these must be the "Gates of Paradise."

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