num_pages: 262
description: Describes how a fifteenth-century goldsmith and clockmaker, Filippo Brunelleschi, came up with a unique design for the dome to crown Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore.
language: English
title: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
titlecomplete: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
characters: Filippo Brunelleschi, Lorenzo Ghiberti
genres: Architecture, Historical, History, Italy, European History, Art History, Biography, Science, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 26336
places: Italy, Florence, Tuscany, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Walker & Co.