• other accomplishments include

architectural works, sculpture,

and even ship design.

• His principal surviving works are

to be found in Florence, Italy.

Background :

Filippo Brunelleschi ( 1377 – 1466 )

• one of the foremost architects

and engineers of the Italian Renaissance.

• famous for his discovery of perspective and domes.

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by

Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)

•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–1445)

•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480)

•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of Lorenzo, (1421–1440)

•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420–1445)

•Santa Maria degli Angeli: (begun 1434)

•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)

•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460)

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

Plan of cathedral Section of cathedral

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

The Dome from insideInterior of cathedral

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

Cathedral of Florence The Dome of cathedral Drawing of Brunelleschi

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Design responds to the need for a

light structure that avoids

buttressing systems. He uses a

double shell structure with eight

segments shaped like a pointed arch.

The double shell structure,

like the Baptistery of

Giovanni, has horizontal and

vertical ribs allowing it to be

light. The weight of the

lantern balances the dome.

Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Brunelleschi also solved the

problem of how to build the dome

without wooden centering

supports. He is credited with

inventing linear perspective, and

he holds the first-ever patent

for invention for a ship used to

transport building materials up

the river Arno,

The dome was built as a

series of concentric

layers, each of which

was structurally sound.

This avoided the need

for wooden centering.

Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

How do you make a picture realistic? It

seems so simple to us now, but it was a huge

problem that took centuries to solve until Filippo

Brunelleschi figured it out.

Brunelleschi observed that with a fixed single point of view, parallel lines appear to converge at a single point in the distance. Brunelleschi applied a single vanishing point to a canvas, and discovered a method for calculating depth. In a famous noted experiment, Brunelleschi used mirrors to sketch the Florence baptistry in perfect perspective. He was able to mathematically calculate the scale of objects within a painting in order to make them appear realistic. It was a monumental discovery, and soon artists were using Brunelleschi’s method of perspective to astonishing affects in their paintings. Brunelleschi’s original perspective studies are long gone, but he directly influenced many others. The first known painting to show true linear perspective is Masaccio’s “The Holy Trinity”. In the fresco, a false room has been created on the flat wall of the church using perspective to simulate the architecture.

Principal works

The principal buildings and works designed by Brunelleschi or which included his involvement:

•Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, (1419–1436)•Ospedale degli Innocenti, (1419–ca.1445)•Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, (1419–1480s)•Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa, (1420s–1445)•Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo, (1421–1440)•Santa Maria degli Angeli: unfinished, (begun 1434)•Santo Spirito di Firenze, (1441–1481)•Pazzi Chapel, (1441–1460s)

Brunelleschi's inventions

included mechanical devices that

allowed him to lift and move

building materials

Ospedale degli Innocenti

is a historical building in

Florence, central Italy.

Designed by Filippo

Brunelleschi design was

based on both Italian

Romanesque and late Gothic

architecture

PLAN of ospedal

degli innocenti

Ospedale degli Innocenti

Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze

is one of the largest

churches of Florence,

Italy, situated at the centre

of the city’s main market

district, and the burial

place of all the principal

members of the Medici family

from Cosimo il Vecchio to

Cosimo III

Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze

Plan of Basilica di San

Lorenzo di Firenze

From outside

The Sagrestia Vecchia, or Old

Sacristy, is a Christian building in

Florence, Italy, one of the most

important monuments of the early Italian Renaissance

architecture.

It is accessed from the inside of

San Lorenzo

The Sagrestia Vecchia

Sagrestia Vecchia

Sagrestia Vecchia

Plan and section in

La sagrestia vecchia

The Sagrestia

Vecchia

Meeting Hall of the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa

is a historical building in

Florence, central Italy.

During he Middle Ages, it

was the headquarters of the

Guelph party in the city

Santa Maria degli Angeli

Santa Maria degli Angeli is a former

church and convent in Florence, Italy. It

belonged to the Camaldolensian order,

which was a reformed branch of the

Benedictines

Santa Maria degli Angeli

Plan of Santa Maria

degeli Angeli, Florence Elevation

Santo Spirito di Firenze

is a church in Florence, Italy.

Usually referred to simply as

Santo Spirito, it is located in

the Oltrarno quarter, facing

the square with the same

name. The building on the

interior is one of the pre-

eminent examples of

Renaissance architecture.

Plan of the cathedral

of Santo Spirito in

Florence

Santo Spirito di Firenze

Interior Prespectiv

Pazzi Chapel

is a religious building in

Florence, central Italy,

considered to be one of the

masterpieces of Renaissance

architecture. It is located in

the "first cloister" of the

Basilica di Santa Croce.

Pazzi Chapel

Interior of the Pazzi Chapel

Plan and section Of Pazzi Chapel

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