A lively and intriguing tale of the competition between two artists; culminating in the construction of the Duomo in Florence; this is also the story of a city on the verge of greatness; and the dawn of the Renaissance; when everything artistic would change. Florenceprime;s Duomo - the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral - is one of the most enduring symbols of the Italian Renaissance; an equal in influence and fame to Leonardo and Michaelangeloprime;s works. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi; the temperamental architect who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. He was the domeprime;s prime;inventorprime;; whose secret methods for building remain a mystery as compelling to architects as Fermatprime;s Last Theorem once was to mathematicians. Yet Brunelleschi didnprime;t direct the construction of the dome alone. He was forced to share the commission with his arch-rival; the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti; whose prime;Paradise Doorsprime; are also masterworks. This is the story of these two men - a tale of artistic genius and individual triumph.
#2677095 in eBooks 2005-05-03 2015-07-28File Name: B012U6GALY
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