Filippo Brunelleschi : the complete work. / txt
Eugenio Battisti ; [translated from Italian, Filippo Brunelleschi by Robert Erich Wolf ; text revised by Eugenio Battisti and Emily Lane].
- 400 p. ill. ; plans ; 30 cm. book
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 385-394.
Contents: Foreword and acknowledgments 7 -- Introduction 9 -- 1 Brunelleschi and his world 13 -- 2 Goldsmith and h sculptor 22 -- The competition relief for the Baptistery doors 33 -- The Crucifix in S. Maria Novella 42 -- The School of Brunelleschi; lost and attributed works; other sculptors 42 -- 3 The Foundling Hospital 46 -- Piazza della SS. Annunziata 48 -- Construction of the Hospital 48 -- 4 The Palazzo di Parte Guelfa and Florentine Private palaces 69 -- Brunelleschi and Florentine private palaces 76 -- 5 The Old Sacristy of S. Lorenzo 79 -- 6 The Barbadori Chapel in S. Felicita 98 -- 7 Experiments with perspective 102 -- 8 The dome of S. Maria del Fiore 114 -- The basilicas of S. Lorenzo ans S. Spirito 173 -- Background; town-palinnig 173 -- S. Lorenzo 174 -- S. Spirito 196 -- 10 The Pazzi Chapel 222 -- 11 Military works, I: Lucca, Milan, Pisa, Vicopisano and Rimini -- 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 248 -- The lantern of Florence Cathedral 258 -- The exedrae of Florence Cathedral 277 -- 13 The pulpit of S. Maria Novella 292 -- 14 Theatrical machinery 300 -- 15 Military works, II: the Signa and Chianti areas by Riccardo Pacciani 308 -- The signa area 310 -- The Chianti area 315 -- Conclusion 320 -- 16 Brunelleschi and literature 321 -- Dante 321 -- Verse 323 -- La Novella del Grasso Legnaiuolo 326 -- Two early lives of Brunelleschi 328 -- Chronology: Brunelleschi and his times 329 -- Notes 338 -- Bibliography 385 -- Index 395 -- Illustration credits 400 --