8229
Accession Number
32719
Title Of Article Chaper
Building the cathedral in Florence
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific American
Volume
264
Issue
1
Pages
66-72
Collation
photos., drawings
ISSN
0036-8733
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The unique double-vaulted octagonal cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore was achieved using a design by Filippo Brunelleschi, who also invented machines that were integral to his techniques for constructing the cupola. Some 15th-century drawings of these machines survive, and are used by the author to describe how the cupola was built.
Keywords
buildings;cathedrals;Italy (Florence);cupolas; Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence, Italy);design;architecture; Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446)
pub_id
8229