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Riddle of the Dome - Links

 
Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral

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The Riddle of the Dome

Some useful weblinks and reading material about Brunelleschi's amazing dome.

>Find out more about the cathedral from the Florence Art Guide, which has many links to further information, including on the dome, and Brunelleschi.

The Victoria and Albert Museum site contains information about Daniel Libeskind and the spiral extension.

Students at Rice University (Houston, Texas) have completed projects as web-sites, in particular the project on Renaissance Florence and Tuscany contains some interesting further information.

Further Reading

Brunelleschi
Giovanni Fanelli (Scala 1980)

Mechanical Marvels
Paolo Galluzzi (Giunti, 1997)

Content last updated: 29/03/2005

 

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