2nd+Period+-+Filippo+Brunelleschi

=2nd Period - Filippo Brunelleschi=

By:Kelsey E.

Date of birth:1377

Location of birth:Florence

Parents’ names:Ser Brunellesco Di Lippo and giulianna

Family background :He has two siblings and is the second of the three. His father was a notary and his older brother was a goldsmith. his older brother is Tommaso and he died in 1422. His younger brother is Giovanni. When Filippo was a child, he had the traditional education for boys in hiss class. He was a perchant for art and mechanics.

Date of death:1446

Location of death/grave:Florence, Italy

Education:He studied classical Roman architecture that incouraged him to note buildings in Florence. He got an education in architecture, art, and engineering.

Career:He began his career as a goldsmith and was in the art and mechanics. He worked in feilds of architecture inventions. He spent years in Rome with his Florentine, the sculpture Donatello. He was a silversmith, a sculptor and an architect.

Legacy:He figured out a way to lift construction materials into position and for building domes. He helped put the dome in place over the Cathedral of Florence. His good math skills led him to invent the Linear Perspective. He got awards for architecture and engineering and art. He constructed the dome of Duomo and its lantern. He made the lantern of Santa Maria Del Fiore, the Ospedale Degli Innocenti, the San Lorenzo, the Pazzi Chaple, the Interior of Santo Spirito Church and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore.

Additional/Interesting information:When Filippo died he only had a few paintings finished. Two baslican churches, he designed in his native city which is San Lorenzo And Santo Sprinti. In 1417 he adopted a 5 year old girl. Her name was Andrea Di Lazzaro. He was becoming a lifelong batchelor. He was the first important architecture of the Italian Renaissance.

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