Episode 20: Brunelleschi’s Dome

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• Print Sources
  • Jones, Barry, Andrea Sereni, and Massimo Ricci. “Building Brunelleschi’s Dome A Practical Methodology Verified by Experiment.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 69, no. 1 (March 2010): 39-61.
  • Haines, Margaret. “Myth and Management in the Construction of Brunelleschi’s Cupola.” I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance 14/15 (2011-2012): 47-101.
  • Scaglia, Giustina. “Building the Cathedral in Florence.” Scientific American 264, no. 1 (January 1991): 66-75.
  • Bartoli, Lando. Il disegno della cupola del Brunelleschi. Florence: L.S. Olschki, 1994.
  • Saalman, Howard. Filippo Brunelleschi: The Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore. London: A. Zwemmer, 1980.
  • Saalman, Howard. Filippo Brunelleschi: The Buildings. London: A. Zwemmer, 1993.
  • Garrard, Mary. Brunelleschi’s Egg: Nature, Art, and Gender in Renaissance Italy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
• Online Sources:
  • Official website for the Opera del Duomo 
  • National Geographic: “Mystery of Florence’s Cathedral Dome May be Solved” [article by Tom Mueller]
  • National Geographic: “Brunelleschi’s Dome” [article by Tom Mueller // subscription needed to access article, but you can find another version of the article HERE] — This article contains excellent visuals devised by Fernando G. Baptista.
• “Fun” Reading!
  • The Flora Garibaldi Art History Mystery Series by Sarah Wisseman, narrated by Carrie Coello. *I received a free copy of this book from Carrie Coello*

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Thanks for listening! -Lindsay