Filippo Brunelleschi : the complete work. / txt
Eugenio Battisti.
- 400 p. ill. ; plans ; 28cm. book
Include index.
Include bibliography. Bibliography: p. 385-394.
Contents: 7 Foreword and acknowledgments -- 9 Introduction -- 13 1 Brunelleschi and his world -- 22 2 Goldsmith and sculptor -- 33 the competition relief for the Baptistery doors -- 42 The Crucifix in S. Maria Novella -- 42 The School of Brunelleschi; lost and attributed works; other sculptors -- 46 3 The Foundling Hospital -- 48 Piazza della SS. Annunziata -- 48 Construction of the Hospital -- 69 4 The Palazzo di Parte Guelfa and Florentine private palaces -- 76 Brunelleschi and Florentine private palaces -- 79 5 The Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo -- 98 6 The Barbadori Chapel in S. Felicita -- 102 7 Experiments with perspective -- 114 8 The dome of S. Maria del Fiore -- 173 9 The basilicas of S. Lorenzo and S. Spirito -- 173 Background; town-planning -- 174 S. Lorenzo -- 196 S. Spirito -- 222 10 The Pazzi Chapel -- 230 11 Military works; I: Lucca, Milan, Pisa, Vicopisano and Rimini -- 248 12 Late works: the Rotunda of S. Maria degli Angeli and the lantern and exedrae of Florence Cathedral -- 248 The Rotunda of S. Maria degli Angeli -- 258 The lantern of Florence Cathedral -- 277 The exedrae of Florence Cathedral -- 292 13 The pulpit of S. Maria Novella -- 300 14 Theatrical machinery -- 308 15 Military works, II: the Signa and Chianti areas by Riccardo Pacciani -- 310 The Signa area -- 315 The Chianti area -- 320 Conclusion -- 321 16 Brunelleschi and literature -- 321 Dante -- 323 Verse -- 326 “La Novella del Garsso Legnaiuolo” -- 328 Two early lives of Brunelleschi -- 329 Chronology: Brunelleschi and his times -- 338 Notes -- 385 Bibliography -- 395 Index -- 400 Illustration credits --
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Brunelleschi, Filippo--1377-1446 Architects--Italy Criticism and interpretation Architecture, Renaissance--Italy