Glimpse Brunelleschi's dome from the narrow streets of Florence and suddenly the behemoths of 20th-century ... eclipsing St. Peter's in the Vatican and St. Paul's ... Filippo Brunelleschi, ...

With genius, leadership, and grit, Filippo Brunelleschi raised true artists to the rank of sublime creators, worthy of eternal praise in the company of the saints, an image that would dominate the ...

564 Views Program ID: 163736-1 Category: Public Affairs Event Format: Speech Location: Corte Madera, California, United States First Aired: Apr 22, 2001 | 4:20pm EDT | C-SPAN 2 ...

The soaring dome atop the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower justly dominates the Florence skyline and has stood for centuries, ever since Filippo Brunelleschi designed it in the early 15th century.

Historian Ross King answers listener questions about his book Brunelleschi's Dome. An incredible story of one man's determination to build an apparently impossible structure, it's a tale of ...

THE FEUD THAT SPARKED THE RENAISSANCE: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World Paul Robert Walker, . . Morrow, $24.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-380-97787-1 ...

In midst of designing the famed domed roof atop the Florence Cathedral, Filippo Brunelleschi, one of the greatest architects of the Italian Renaissance, was also building an estate for a noble ...