Brunelleschi's Dome

Informationen zum Autor Ross King is a renowned expert in the Italian Renaissance. He is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed books include Brunelleschi’s Dome , Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling , Leonardo and the Last Supper and Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies . His love of Renaissance Florence, which he has been studying, writing and lecturing about for over twenty years, made Vespasiano’s long-forgotten story – never written about before – an irresistible next subject. He lives just outside Oxford. Klappentext Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its immense, terracotta-tiled cupola, retains a rare power to astonish. This book tells the story of how the cupola was raised, from its conception to its consecration. Zusammenfassung Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its immense, terracotta-tiled cupola, retains a rare power to astonish. This book tells the story of how the cupola was raised, from its conception to its consecration.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Ross King, Ross King
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2008
• EAN: 9780099526780
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952678-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ART / History / General, Individual architects & architectural firms, Individual architects and architectural firms, Architecture: religious buildings