RR7: "The World" brushed within the Pastel Heavens



 Brunelleschi's Dome can be compared to the world because of the significance of the interior artwork and the purpose of the cathedral in general as an earthly gate to heaven. I love the concept of this architectural concept that was taught to us in class on a perspective towards domes in places of worship. 
http://icicp.blogspot.com/2010/04/healing-earth-with-service.html


This picture is the view of the entire Florence cathedral. This view proves how extravagant the dome structure is compared to the rest of the cathedral.   

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Italian%20Images/Single%20frames/Portraits/Brunelleschi.htm

Brunelleschi’s World

When others deemed the creation of the estimated span impossible, Brunelleschi reached for the evidence exemplified in the Pantheon to prove that his world could be raised above ground stretching to the heavens.

His ideas were pondered throughout the years 1417-1420.

This is the interior of the Florence cathedral's dome painted with biblical pictures to entice the public about heaven or a greater God.

http://www.s-church.net/PhotoAlbum.aspx?ID=ITALY2006-DAY9&PAGE=16 

• The construction of the Dome began in 1420.
• The dome was topped in 1434.
• It’s construction method owes much to Gothic techniques. (So thanks to France)
• The dome is actually two, one nested inside one another, a thicker one inside and a thinner one outside.  

Do I believe that Brunelleschi's was one of the most influential architects in the Italian Renaissance?
Yes!
Leon Battisa Alberti praised Brunelleschi's achievement, because since the creation and structure of the dome was "unknown and unthought-of among the ancients." Brunelleschi conquered the ideas and culture to create the dawn of the new Renaissance.