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1420–1436

The Dome That Had to Be Solved

Brunelleschi's Dome

Brunelleschi's red-tiled dome on Florence Cathedral. — Brunelleschi's dome, Florence Cathedral.birasuegi · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Brunelleschi's solution to Florence Cathedral's structural challenge marked a turning point.

The Rethink

Architecture increasingly depended upon the architect as designer, engineer and theorist.