Florence Cathedral
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 | Florence Cathedral |
| Designer | Arnolfo di Cambio |
| Location | Florence, Italy |
| Date | 1296 to 1462 |
| Building Type | domed church, cathedral |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Italian Renaissance |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | "The Duomo." "Santa Maria del Fiore". Dome added by Filippo Brunelleschi. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Florence_Cathedral.html |
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Commentary
"The construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral (was) one of the germinal events of Renaissance architecture...The problem had been posed in the middle of the fourteenth century when the definitive plan for the octagonal crossing had been laid down. The diameter of the dome at 39.5 metres (130 feet) precluded the traditional use of wooden structuring to support the construction of the vault, while the use of buttresses as in northern Gothic cathedrals was ruled out by the building's design."
—Michael Raeburn, ed. Architecture of the Western World. p130.
Details
1296— Cathedral begun on design by Arnolfo di Cambio.
1357— Project continued on a modified plan by Francesco Talenti
1366-7— Talenti's definitive design emerged calling for an enormous octagonal dome
1418— competition for construction of dome
1420— technical solution for vaulting proposed by Brunelleschi approved and construction begun
1436— church consecrated
Address
On Piazza del Duomo.
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References
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Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 19th ed., edited by John Musgrove. London: Butterworths, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. NA200.F63. discussion, p511. drawings, p512. photos, p514.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
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Michael Raeburn, ed. Architecture of the Western World. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1980. ISBN 0-8478-0349-x. NA200.A73. p130-1.
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. ISBN 0-13-044702-1. NA200.T7. p282-3.— available at Amazon.com
