All BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo's oil paintings
ID Image  Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z     Other Information
32260 Crucifix Crucifix 1412-13 Wood
5511 Crucifix no Crucifix no 1412-13 Wood Santa Maria Novella, Florence
5512 Dome of the Cathedral dfg Dome of the Cathedral dfg 1420-36 Duomo, Florence
5513 Facade df Facade df 1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
5517 Interior of the church g Interior of the church g begun 1436 Santo Spirito, Florence
5514 Loggia dfg Loggia dfg 1419-24 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
5515 Old Sacristy fd Old Sacristy fd 1418-28 Church of San Lorenzo, Florence
5516 The nave of the church The nave of the church begun 1419 San Lorenzo, Florence
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Italian Early Renaissance Sculptor and Architect, 1377-1446 Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 ?C April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. All of his principal works are in Florence, Italy. As explained by Antonio Manetti, who knew Brunelleschi and who wrote his biography, Brunelleschi "was granted such honors as to be buried in Santa Maria del Fiore, and with a marble bust, which they say was carved from life, and placed there in perpetual memory with such a splendid epitaph." In 1401,Brunelleschi entered a competition to design a new set of bronze doors for the baptistery in Florence. Along with another young goldsmith, Lorenzo Ghiberti, he produced a gilded bronze panel, depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. His entry made reference to a classical statue, known as the 'thorn puller', whilst Ghiberti used a naked torso for his figure of Isaac. In 1403, Ghiberti was announced the victor, largely because of his superior technical skill: his panel showed a more sophisticated knowledge of bronze-casting; it was completed in one single piece. Brunelleschi's piece, by contrast, was comprised of numerous pieces bolted to the back plate. Ghiberti went on to complete a second set of bronze doors for the baptistery, whose beauty Michelangelo extolled a hundred years later, saying "surely these must be the "Gates of Paradise." . Related Artists to : | Jacques-Eugene Feyen | BURGKMAIR, Hans | Peter Johannes Brandl | Pierre de Valenciennes | John Greenhill |