Brunelleschi’s panel may be scarier, but Ghiberti’s is more emotionally complex. In both, an angel saves the day.
Brunelleschi
Squaring the circle? At this burial site, pendentives unite the dome of heaven and the gravity of earth.
Brunelleschi, Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence
A central dome dominates this space, while greyish-green stone articulates its perfect geometry.
Filippo Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel, Florence
Renaissance Florence, or ancient Rome? This church remade the classical. It’s energetic and dense, but also severe.
Filippo Brunelleschi, Santo Spirito, Florence
Florence’s trade-based culture prized mathematical accuracy in both economic life and artistic representation.
Linear Perspective: Brunelleschi’s Experiment
Down and out, but still afloat. This huge, hollow dome stays put thanks to its skeletal ribs and “girdle.”
Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of the Cathedral of ...
From Brunelleschi’s architecture to Masaccio’s frescoes, artists tried out perspective. Then Alberti codified it.