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Brunelleschi was the second of three sons of Ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi and Giuliana Spini.
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Brunelleschi competes against Lorenzo Ghiberti and five other sculptors for the commission to make the bronze reliefs for the door of the Florence baptistery. Brunelleschi's entry, "The Sacrifice of Isaac," was the high point of his short career as a sculptor, but Ghiberti won the commission.
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Linear Perspective is a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.
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In 1419, the Medici family commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi to build the Basilica di San Lorenzo. It was only finished after his death.
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In 1429, Andrea de’ Pazzi commissioned Brunelleschi to build the Pazzi Chapel. Construction only started in 1442.
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When construction on the Santa Maria del Fiore started in 1296, the design did not include its giant, 8-sided dome; its architect died before finishing the building. In 1418, the Opera del Duomo announced a public competition for the construction of the dome with a handsome prize of 200 gold florins—and a shot at eternal fame—for the winner. Leading architects of the time flocked to Florence to present ideas. Brunelleschi won the competition and his version of the dome was completed in 1436.
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