{"product_id":"brunelleschis-dome-how-a-renaissance-genius-reinvented-architecture-paperback","title":"Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: \"Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome....shall do so before the end of the month of September.\" The proposed dome was regarded far and wide as all but impossible to build: not only would it be enormous, but its original and sacrosanct design shunned the flying buttresses that supported cathedrals all over Europe. The dome would literally need to be erected over thin air. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the many plans submitted, one stood out--a daring and unorthodox solution to vaulting what is still the largest dome in the world. It was offered not by a master mason or carpenter, but by a goldsmith and clockmaker named Filippo Brunelleschi, then forty-one, who would dedicate the next twenty-eight years to solving the puzzles of the dome's construction. In the process, he reinvented the field of architecture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrunelleschi's Dome\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how a Renaissance genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder we continue to marvel at today. Award-winning, bestselling author Ross King weaves this drama amid a background of the plagues, wars, political feuds, and the intellectual ferments of Renaissance Florence to bring the dome's creation to life in a fifteenth-century chronicle with twenty-first-century resonance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e is the highly praised author of\u003ci\u003e Mad Enchantment, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonardo and The Last Supper, Brunelleschi's Dom\u003c\/i\u003ee (the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year in 2000), \u003ci\u003eMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli: Philosopher of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and two novels, \u003ci\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDomino\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives outside Oxford in England\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.72 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44812352520294,"sku":"9781620401934","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OTZKVmxjVm8rVHo3b0FSaEJhbURvdz09.webp?v=1771714491","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/brunelleschis-dome-how-a-renaissance-genius-reinvented-architecture-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}