Episode 78: Florence - Brunelleschi's Dome Part I
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - July 15, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History florence milan painting renaissance rome architecture art history italy sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode examines the history leading up to the construction of Brunelleschi's great cupola. From the structural design of the tribunes, to the decision to add a drum, to the dilemma of wooden centering, what happened before Brunelleschi began building determined much of what he would need to do in order to build the world's largest dome.