... of the surviving Roman ruins which enabled him to devise the means of covering the area of the Cathedral dome, an achievement which has made him famous in Florence. Brunelleschi is said to have created the 'Renaissance style' in architecture. It is certain that he was the first man to begin to understand the structural system of classical architecture and to transform its principles to suit modern needs. Perhaps the most important thing about his dome is that it was an architectural feat which could not have been carried out by anyone else during the fifteenth century. Brunelleschi was first on the premises of the cathedral of Florence as early as 1404, and was also consulted upon but only as a result of routine matters. In 1420, both Brunelleschi and Ghiberti were appointed to act as supervisors and to build the dome of the Cathedral. The construction of the dome began on ...

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