Filippo BrunelleschiArchitectural Mastermind

A presentation byJonathan Jin

OfMs. Jordy’s A-Block European History Class

12-08-08

“…Filipino who?”

•1377-1446 in Florence, Italy

•Architect and the first engineer of Italian Renaissance

•Enrolled in the Arte della Seta•the Silkmakers’ Guild•Goldsmiths, metalworkers, and bronze workers.•Apprenticed to Benincasa Lotti

•1398: became master goldsmith

“But didn’t you just say that he was an archi-…”“”Yea, I’m getting to that.”

•1401: enrolled in contest alongside Lorenzo Ghiberti

•The task: design the bronze doors of Florence Baptistery

•Product rated equal to Ghiberti’s•Withdrew•10 years studying in Rome

•Roman engineering•Usage of fixed proportion

•Semi-circular arch•Return to Florence, worked on numerous projects:

•Cupola of the Santa Maria di fiori - reinforcement and design•Spedale degli Innocenti (“Hospital of the Innocents”; children’s orphanage)

Brunelleschi’s panel design for the Florence Baptistery

“Aaaand why should this matter to me?”

•Invented artistic linear perspective

•1st known perspective picture made by FP in 1415•Used by many later Italian artists

•Developed ancient-Rome-esque architectural style

•Evident in:•Ospedale degli Innocenti •Church of San Lorenzo

•Completely different from Gothic•Mathematical rigor

•Straight lines•Flat planes•Cubic spaces

A demonstration of Filippo Brunelleschi’s perspective picture

concept

Information came from"Filippo Brunelleschi - Great Buildings Online." ArchiPlanet. Architecture Week. 2 Dec 2008 <http://www.archiplanet.org/architects/Filippo_Brunelleschi.html>.

"Filippo Brunelleschi." Web Gallery of Art. 2 Dec 2008 <http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/brunelle/biograph.html>.

"Filippo Brunelleschi." Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. PBS. 2 Dec 2008 <http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/brunelleschi.html>.

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"Filippo Brunelleschi." 1 Dec 2008 <http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/filippo-brunelleschi.htm>.

“In memoriam Filippo Brunelleschi." Gallery Diabolus. Gallery Diabolus. 5 Dec 2008 <http://www.gallery-diabolus.com/gallery/artist.php?image=1612&id=utisz&page=214>.

Images came from"Image:Bunelleschi.jpg." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 3 Dec 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bunelleschi.jpg>.

"In memoriam Filippo Brunelleschi." Gallery Diabolus. Gallery Diabolus. 5 Dec 2008 <http://www.gallery-diabolus.com/gallery/artist.php?image=1612&id=utisz&page=214>.