Arnolfo's Accomplishments

Carlo Dolci was born in Florence. Although he was precocious and apprenticed at a young age to Jacopo Vignali, Dolci was not prolific. His painstaking technique made him unsuited for large-scale fresco painting. He painted chiefly sacred subjects, and his works are generally small in scale, although he made a few life-size pictures. He often repeated the same composition in several versions. Dolci died in Florence in 1686.

Filippo Brunelleschi was a genius at not only architecture, but at sculpture, woodcarving, drawing, and clock making. When the priests in Florence, Italy in 1418 were deciding on what they were going to do with the big hole they had in the roof of their cathedral, Brunelleschi volunteered to be the architect (King, 2013). His motivation was to help the church, however, he also knew that this would allow him to have never ending fame and a big salary once the job was complete. Even though he would not reveal his plan on how he would accomplish this extraordinary task, they accepted his as the supervisor of this great project.

Filippo Brunchelleschi, who was born on 1377, was one of the key figures that contributed to the renaissance architecture. This Italian architect is known for building the dome in the Santa Maria del Fiore. During his early years, Brunchelleschi was coached and trained as a gold smith and sculptor. Enrolled in the Arte della Seta, this silk merchant guild, which also include goldsmith, he was designated a master goldsmith. In his early architectural years, Filippo rediscovered the principles of linear perspective that was lost during the middle ages. All his work was displayed with two painted panels of the Florentine streets and building. With this principle in place, artists were able to use two-dimensional canvases to construct three-dimensional

In the fifteenth-century, the evolution of patronage begin, since power, and money influenced the creation of great artworks. One hand it flourished the Italian architectural collections other hand, notable designers as Brunelleschi, and Donatello designed and experimented with their creations. For example, Brunelleschi creation for the Medici family, which known as the Dome of Florence Cathedral (Fig 12-12). As it has been mentioned in the book he was the founder of the dome and it was one of the Gothic inspired and cost effective creation from that time period. Artist Donatello also made a contribution in the art world in a fascinating way since his work was inspired by as it has been mentioned in the book by the classical forms which

The Palazzo Vecchio was the base for guilds in Florentine Renaissance. Construction on the Palazzo finished in 1299, using new ideas in …. Arnolfo di Cambio was the architect of the Vecchio as well as the Duomo and the Santa Croce church. The Vecchio was used as a municipal building during the Renaissance. Arnolfo di Cambio built the Vecchio with sieges in mind because even though the Middle Ages were moving into the age of Renaissance there was still much strife. The roof contains arches that could be used as safe points from which the defenders could protect the building by throwing objects onto their enemies in relative protection from projectiles. The architect also included the clock tower,

The Venetian government had started working on the clock tower at the time of insecurity to show that the state was not bankrupt. It was made with beautiful and visible decorations and afterwards it was very much publicized.

One of the world’s most famous architects and engineers was born in the Italian city state of Florence sometime in 1377. Although he had a huge influence on building design and construction, and on art, we don’t know a lot about Filippo Brunelleschi’s early life. Nonetheless, he left buildings and artwork that still exist today, and he had two biographers who provided information about his work, from these we can learn a lot about this Renaissance genius. His most important work, the ll Duomo di Firenze (the Dome of the Florence Cathedral), was finished in 1436 and remains as one of the greatest symbols of the period. Before he started building this revolutionary structure, Brunelleschi studied the architecture of Roman buildings and monuments.

Brunelleschi’s Dome is the story of Fillipo Brunelleschi - or Pippo, as he was often known - and the ingenious methods he employed in raising the famous duomo over Santa Maria del Fiore. On August 19th in the summer of 1418, all the citizens of Florence, Italy were called upon to devise a solution for what was to be one of the greatest conundrums of the Renaissance - the vaulting of the cupola over the city’s new church. Santa Maria del Fiore, built upon the ruins of Santa Reparata, was to be the grandest and most lauded accomplishment in renaissance architecture. The vaulting of the dome was truly a daunting endeavor for any that toed up to the challenge. When Neri di Fiorivanti, the original Capo Maestri - or head architect for the project -

Brunelleschi started out his skilled life as a goldsmith in San Giovanni. A career as a goldsmith was very popular at the time by other great artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Donatello. Being a goldsmith inspired Brunelleschi to create and sculpt things. When Brunelleschi was done mastering the skills of metal work, he began working on gears, and then on to clocks. Later he found out that all the traits he learned became very useful for his

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio better known as simply Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque master painter born in Italy around 1571. After he apprenticed with a painter in Milan, he moved to Rome, where he lived for most of his life. His work influenced painters around Europe. He’s most known for his gruesome subjects and use of Tenebrism, which was a technique that used heavy shadow to

Bramante traveled to Milan to the “cathedral workshop” to learn ideas, there he started his larger career in the providence of Lombardy, Italy (Brushi). In Lombardy Duke Galeazo asked Bramante to construct a 9th century chapel for him (Gunther278). In 1488 a Cardinal asked him and other architects to build the Cathedral of Pavia for his brother Bramante’s plans were used for the lower half of the building due to meticulous design and many trips to Pavia (Brushi). Bramante’s second contribution came after the French invaded Lombardy, and he was forced to move to Rome. There Pope Alexander VI hired him to work for the church (Scavone134). With the election of Pope Julius II Bramante began working for him building Roman style buildings (Brushi). Pope Julius asked many things of Bramante including adding on to the Vatican palace. Bramante’s biggest contribution to the palace was the Belvedere Court that was built from 1505-1514 (Brushi). Bramante was opposed to Christianity; however, most of his projects involved

Michelangelo Buonarroti was a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. He was, perhaps, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. His work exerted a tremendous influence on his

Alessandro Filipepi most commonly known as Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence, Italy around 1445. Botticelli began studying under Renaissance painter Fra Filippo Lippi at the age of 16 and would go on to become one of the most acclaimed artists in Italy during his lifetime. During the Renaissance, art

From the 14th century to the 17th century the Renaissance took place and was consider the cultural bridge that connect the middle ages to modern history. During this time many spectacular things took place. Artwork was created that looked as though it were from the heavens. Sculptures were generated that looked as an angel had sculpted the masterpiece. The architecture that took place looked as though it were created from the 19th century. Many architects, artist, and sculptures were present during the Renaissance, but there was one person that stood out the most. He all of the abilities that three men combined did not have and his name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Michelangelo has many painting that our still around today,

Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most remarkable painters, sculptors, architects and brilliant philosophers of all time. He was born on April 15, 1452 near Vinci but the biggest part of his life he spent in Florence where he began drawing and after a certain period-painting. When Leonardo was fourteen he began working with Andrea del Verrocchio, who was one of the most recognized painters of his day. Da Vinci’s work soon