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Brunelleschi's Dome - by Ross King (Paperback)

Name: Brunelleschi's Dome - by Ross King (Paperback)
Brand: Bloomsbury USA
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The New York Times 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.
About the Author: Ross King is the highly praised author of Mad Enchantment, Leonardo and The Last Supper, Brunelleschi's Dome (the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year in 2000), Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, and two novels, Ex Libris and Domino.
208 Pages
Architecture, History

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About the Book

Ross King's award-winning book on the construction of the fabled dome of Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore, a feat of architecture that astonishes us even in the age of skyscrapers, and the Renaissance genius who made it happen.

Book Synopsis

The New York Times 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.

On 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.

Of 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.

Brunelleschi's Dome 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.

Review Quotes

"Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing.... Fascinating." --Los Angeles Times

"A pleasing pastiche of engineering marvels... and professional intrigue." --The New York Times Book Review

"An absorbing tale." --The Boston Globe

"An altogether enchanting tale." --Dava Sobel, author of A MORE PERFECT HEAVEN

"One of architecture's great tales." --Newsweek

About the Author

Ross King is the highly praised author of Mad Enchantment, Leonardo and The Last Supper, Brunelleschi's Dome (the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year in 2000), Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, and two novels, Ex Libris and Domino. He lives outside Oxford in England.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.72 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)

Weight: .44 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 208

Genre: Architecture

Sub-Genre: History

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Theme: Renaissance

Format: Paperback

Author: Ross King

Language: English

Street Date: August 13, 2013

TCIN: 53758015

UPC: 9781620401934

Item Number (DPCI): 248-02-6486

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.44 pounds

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