Florentine goldsmith turned architect, 1377 to 1446, who raised the dome of Florence Cathedral without conventional centering, inventing the machines the work required, and whose Foundling Hospital arcade opened Renaissance classicism. He is also credited with the first demonstrations of linear perspective, the drawing method that remade both painting and architectural design.
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Defining ContributionThe dome of Florence Cathedral; the opening of Renaissance architecture 1 Filippo Brunelleschi
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Brunelleschi's dome and Ospedale degli Innocenti are founding works of Renaissance architecture
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The dome; the cathedral body was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio and continued by others from 1296.
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Why this is disputed. Traditionally attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi, though the attribution is debated among architectural historians since the palace was built and completed after his death.
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15 April 1446 in Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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