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Brunelleschi

Brunelleschi

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An Italian architect famous for designing and building the dome of Florence Cathedral
  • proper noun
  • /bruːnəˈlɛski/
: Brunelleschi
  • Filippo Brunelleschi designed the dome of Florence Cathedral, which remains an architectural marvel today.
  • Brunelleschi's project
  • Brunelleschi's oeuvre
  • Brunelleschi's work

So it's not just Brunelleschi who's exploiting the Masons for his purpose.

Examples

  • There, unlike all the other works, it was not Brunelleschi's genius, desire, or charisma that produced the new church.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Its last side-aisle chapels open both to the nave and transept, foreshadowing the complexity of Brunelleschi's corner solution at S. Lorenzo.

    Academic text (2015)
  • From the outset, whether his clients know it or not, Brunelleschi is always in charge.

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  • There would have been no precedent for its use at S. Lorenzo; only Brunelleschi could have been responsible for it there.

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  • Brunelleschi's scheme was not imposed on the site in the way a modern designer might work.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Only gradually, over time, as the community became habituated to the new spaces of Brunelleschi and the Medici, did the balance shift.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The scenario does more than reaffirm Brunelleschi's divinely authorized role in this historical turn.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Was Filippo Brunelleschi its founding architect, or did he share the credit with Matteo Dolfini, the church prior?

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  • Brunelleschi's first idea to merely supplement Dolfini's impoverished "brick" fabric was not followed.

    Academic text (2015)
  • One of the most common illustrations of Brunelleschi's oeuvre is the view down the nave of S. Lorenzo (Fig. 1).

    Academic text (2015)

Surface Forms

Etymology

Brunelleschi is an Italian family name made from Brunello, a form of Bruno that means 'brown', plus a family ending. So the name reminds you he was an Italian man and helps you remember the famous Florentine architect who built the cathedral dome.