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Brunelleschi

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Bru·nel·le·schi  (brn-lsk), Filippo 1377-1446.
Italian architect celebrated for his work during the Florentine Renaissance. His greatest achievement is the octagonal ribbed dome of the Florence cathedral.
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Noun1.BrunelleschiBrunelleschi - Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)


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In the era of Brunelleschi, no one doubted this potential.
The first, Fillipo Brunelleschi, had worked alone, in semi-secrecy as was his habit, for nearly a year.
Leonardo Da Vinci was familiar with the camera obscura; in the 15th century, the architect Filipo Brunelleschi pioneered vanishing-point perspective, while Jan van Eyck clearly understood mirrors and lenses and almost certainly used them.
 
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