Main entry:

Walker, Paul Robert.

Title & Author:

The feud that sparked the Renaissance : how Brunelleschi and Ghiberti changed the art world / Paul Robert Walker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : William Morrow, 2002.

Description:

xv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
Plague of the Bianchi -- Competition for the doors -- Beautiful works -- Committee -- Two fathers -- Fat woodworker -- Speaking statues -- Ingenious man -- Competition for the dome -- Art of building -- Excellent master -- Sonnet wars -- Big Thomas -- Catasto -- Flood of Lucca -- Bad acts -- All of Tuscany -- Filippo Architetto -- At the mirror -- I, Lorenzo.

Summary:

Follows the story of the creation of Florence's great Santa Maria Del Fiore's dome, noting its design by architect Filippo Brunelleschi, who was forced to share its commission with archrival and gifted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti.

ISBN:

0380977877 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780380977871 (hc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446.
Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 1378-1455.
Ghiberti, Lorenzo 1378-1455
Brunelleschi, Filippo 1377-1446
Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral : Florence, Italy)
Art Competitions Italy Florence History 15th century.
Artists Italy Florence Biography.
Art, Renaissance Italy Florence.
Art Concours Italie Florence Histoire 15e siècle.
Artistes Italie Florence Biographies.
Art de la Renaissance Italie Florence.
Art Competitions
Art, Renaissance
Artists
Renaissance
Architektur
Art Competitions Italy Florence 15th century.
Italy Florence
Florenz

Form/genre:

Biographies
History
Biografie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226821
Call No.: NA44.B894.23 W3 2002
Status: Available