One cannot imagine the skyline of Florence without picturing the flaming brick-red dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, better know as the Duomo. With this accomplishment, Filippo Brunelleschi, the creator of the dome, permanently changed the face of Florence and of architecture, in general. Florence is home to many of Brunelleschi’s other creations, some little known, and during the course of this seminar we will explore some of these inspiring spaces in order to trace the legacy left behind by this Renaissance master.
We will begin in the placid Piazza Santissima Annunziata which is home to the Ospedale degli Innocenti, an orphanage run by Brunelleschi’s own trade guild, the Silkmakers, and his first architectural commission. The extended loggias and soaring arches of the Ospedale would become some of Brunelleschi’s trademarks, of which we will see continuously repeated throughout the walk. We will then snake our way through the compact city center, visiting churches and chapels which bear Brunelleschi’s unmistakable fingerprint.
The seminar will also delve into Brunelleschi's talents as engineer and mathematician. His ideas regarding one-point perspective revolutionized the painting styles of the times, helping to introduce a more realistic representation of man and his surroundings, as opposed to the immobile figures of the Medieval era. In sum, the seminar will be an in depth investigation of a man and his life's work- a story that is still being told by the city of Florence every day.
This event will be taking place on Wednesday, October 8th at 9:30AM.
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