the Renaissance lasted roughly two centuries the High Renaissance art 1500
is well known for the workup Leonardo Michelangelo and Raphael
but the first captive in a sucks the 1400
is often overlooked
well the main structure at the Florence Cathedral is medieval
its remarkable dome much of the Arctic rating its facade
baptistry in bell tower define this first-century
at the Renaissance the dual
that Italian for Cathedral is huge the largest
anywhere when finished in the 15th century and still in the top 20 on
the church's claim to fame is its don't the first at the Renaissance
in the first great dome built in europe in over a thousand years
the church was built in got times but rather than being
capped by another spire it was left with a gaping hole
waiting for technology to catch up with the city's image in 1420 people bring
Lasky won the job
and built the dome that kicked off the architectural Red Sox
bring a less keys del which inspired those that followed from the vatican
to the US Capitol showed how art in science could be combined
to make beauty and today it rewards those who climbed to the top
with that brand parts people
well the dormers architecture and statues are oppressive the baptistry
across from the cathedral is centuries old the baptistry a separate because
in medieval times you couldn't enter the church in tell you were baptized
getting career glitters with Byzantines down was excreted
in the 13th century long before the Renaissance
these vivid scenes bringing countless Bible stories to life
inspired the medieval fake
Jesus sits at the center a bit of overlooking creation on judgment day
he gives the ultimate comes up at thumbs-down
on his right angel Gabriel blows his trumpet
bringing good news to the state
and on the comes down side well
you don't want go some say the Renaissance began in 1401
all the excitement caused by a citywide competition to design and build new
doors for the baptistry
Lorenzo compared to when the Commission and spent decades working on this
project
the movies bronze panels compare tsk to paradise where revolutionary
in there really is by utilizing the mathematical as a perspective
bertie helped give the art world a whole new dimension
dent he pulled out all the stops to create
maximum three dimensionality the tiles headlines which converge to a vanishing
point
the No
on
the benches for short to accentuate the Dept
elements are added to establish a foreground
distinct from the Middle and background
the impact as viewers we become part of the sea
while the panels like most at the RTC outside these days are copies
the originals at the cathedral's greatest treasures are stored safely out
of the element
in the adjacent cathedral museum