Synopsis
A pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) is most famous for his daring and original ideas, among them the dome of Florence's famed cathedral. The project, which involved creating a huge dome without supporting framework, took most of his life and formed the basis of Italian architecture of the period. This comprehensive book describes the builder's many remarkable achievements, masonry methods, construction concepts, machines and other inventions. Unabridged republication of the work published by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970.