FILIPO BRUNELLESCHI

-The Man of Renaissance

By- ROHIT KUMAR

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 Italian designer- A Goldsmith
 A Sculptor
 Born in Florence, Italy in 1377
 Started the movement of Early Renaissance
 Interest in mathematics and engineering
INFLUENCES
 Went to Rome to gain ideas
 Vitruvius – DE ARCHITECTURA
 Studied the geometric proportions
 Pantheon was the main feature of study
DISCOVERIES
 Linear perspective
 Conversion of 2D paintings on panels into 3D art forms
 Sketched the Baptistery to analyze the one point
perspective view
THE WORKS
 The Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore
 The Design and Plan of Old Sacristy
 Constructon was almost completed before the birth of Filipo
 A church without a dome
 Nobody had the idea how to construct the dome
 Competition was held by Arte della Lana in 1418
 Brunelleschi came with his ideas
 Challenged the participants to stable the egg on a piece of marble
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUE
 The Duomo started in 1418
 A dual dome with limited use of timber scaffoldings
 Octagonal base
 Herringbone pattern
 Self supporting
 4 million bricks
THE OLD SACRISTY
 Important building in Florence
 Accesed inside from San Lorenzo, off the left transept
 Set the tone of implementation of proportion,classical orders and unity of
elements
 Space came to be known as old sacristy
 Started in 1421
 Ended in 1440
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