Filippo Brunelleschi

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Italian Renaissance architect architect engineer human

Filippo Brunelleschi was an Italian Renaissance architect and engineer best known for designing the revolutionary dome of Florence Cathedral, which became a landmark achievement in Western architecture.

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Brunelleschi	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian Renaissance architect ⓘ architect ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ
activeIn	Florence ⓘ
birthDate	1377 ⓘ
birthPlace	Florence ⓘ Republic of Florence ⓘ
burialPlace	Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore ⓘ surface form: Florence Cathedral
contemporaryOf	Donatello ⓘ Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Republic of Florence ⓘ
deathDate	1446-04-15 ⓘ
deathPlace	Florence ⓘ Republic of Florence ⓘ
designed	self-supporting masonry dome of Florence Cathedral ⓘ
employer	Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore ⓘ surface form: Opera del Duomo of Florence
era	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Early Renaissance
ethnicGroup	Italian ⓘ
familyName	Filippo Brunelleschi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brunelleschi
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ engineering ⓘ perspective ⓘ
genre	Renaissance architecture ⓘ
givenName	Filippo Zappata ⓘ surface form: Filippo
influenced	Leon Battista Alberti ⓘ Michelangelo ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ
knownFor	designing the dome of Florence Cathedral ⓘ development of linear perspective experiments ⓘ pioneering Renaissance architecture in Florence ⓘ
movement	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
name	Filippo Brunelleschi self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Basilica of San Lorenzo ⓘ surface form: Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence Foundling Hospital (Ospedale degli Innocenti) loggia ⓘ Florence Cathedral dome ⓘ surface form: Lantern of Florence Cathedral Basilica of San Lorenzo ⓘ surface form: Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo Ospedale degli Innocenti ⓘ Pazzi Chapel ⓘ Florence Cathedral dome ⓘ surface form: Santa Maria del Fiore dome Santo Spirito, Florence ⓘ Florence Cathedral dome ⓘ surface form: dome of Florence Cathedral
occupation	architect ⓘ designer ⓘ engineer ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
participatedIn	competition for the Florence Baptistery doors ⓘ
usedTechnique	double-shell dome structure ⓘ herringbone brick pattern in dome construction ⓘ innovative hoisting machines for construction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence → PazziChapelArchitect → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

Florence Cathedral dome → architect → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

Florence Cathedral dome → designerOfLantern → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

Filippo Brunelleschi → familyName → Filippo Brunelleschi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunelleschi

Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence → hasArtworkBy → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunelleschi

Donato Bramante → influencedBy → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

Filippo Brunelleschi → name → Filippo Brunelleschi self-link ⓘ

Renaissance architecture → notableArchitect → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ

Republic of Florence → notablePerson → Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ