Brunelleschi's Dome

The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence

Ross King (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2000
Chatto & Windus (Verlag)
978-0-7011-6903-9 (ISBN)

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Ross King tells the full story of the largest masonry dome ever built, describing the tremendous labour, technical ingenuity and bitter personal strife involved. Initially regarded as an impossibility, its construction became the greatest architectural puzzle of the age, and on completion in 1436 was hailed as one of the great wonders of the world.

This work tells the story of the largest masonry dome ever built, describing the tremendous labour, technical ingenuity and bitter personal strife involved in its creation. Initially regarded as impossible to build, the construction of the dome, for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, became the greatest architectural puzzle of the age, and, when finally completed in 1436, was hailed as one of the great wonders of the world. Also told is the story of the dome's architect, the brilliant and volatile Fillippo Brunelleschi. His ambition and ingenuity, personal rivalries and intrigues are set in the context of the plagues, wars and political feuds of Renaissance Florence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.4.2000
Zusatzinfo	8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 223 mm
Gewicht	403 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7011-6903-6 / 0701169036
ISBN-13	978-0-7011-6903-9 / 9780701169039
Zustand	Neuware