- He was born in 1377 and died in 1446
- His father was involved for the original plans for the cathedral dome in 1367 and achieved what was considered impossible.
- Solved the "dome" problem
- Brunelleschi was originally a goldsmith turned sculptor architect
- Brunelleschi devised a system in which temporary wooden supports were cantilevered out from the drum
- After Brunelleschi's death, this crowning structure, made up of Roman architectural forms, was completed by another Forentine architect, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo. The final touch- a gilt bronzed ball-was added in 1468 until 1471.
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