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Filippo Brunelleschi Statue of Italian artist, architect, and engineer Filippo Brunelleschi by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Florence Cathedral.

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian architect
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Professor of Fine Arts, Washington Square and University College of Arts and Science, New York University, New York City.
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Filippo Brunelleschi (born 1377, Florence [Italy]ā€”died April 15, 1446, Florence) was an architect and engineer who was one of the pioneers of early Renaissance architecture in Italy. His major work is the dome (1420ā€“36) of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (also called the Florence Cathedral or the Duomo) in Florence, constructed with the aid of machines that Brunelleschi invented expressly for the project. Most of what is known about Brunelleschiā€™s life and career...

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