FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Michelozzo, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence Cathedral
Document Summary
Brunelleschi and masaccio: the method of linear perspective. How brunelleschi solve the problem in florence renaissance and how he launch a new language by studying asian monuments. Continue the topic in florence and how linear perspective is transferred in different media. The cathedral is the mother church , site of bishop seat, only one cathedral in a city. Filippo brunelleschi dome of florence cathedral 1429-36. Built for almost a century, following the plans by several architects. The cathedral is huge major technical problems the workers lack the knowledge to build the dome. At that moment, sculpture brunelleschi (not architects!!) supply a plan for this surface. Internal + external ribs - 2 shells reinforce each other: economic material + solid, permanent structure, major innovation without great difficulty and expense. Antonio manetti he went to rome and study (pantheon : provides the answer of how burnelleschi came into that solution; how the material is used, how the ancient temples has built etc.
