On 2010-01-17 Julie Johnson, Alabama wrote: Particularly interesting if you had seen the Dome for yourself first. Obviously the author had done tremendous research in order to write so accurately and with such knowledge. Also gave one a glimpse into the social structure of those early times.. And summed up by saying Engineering in history. Currently Brunelleschi´s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Penguin (Non-Classics) claimed Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing. . . . Fascinating.´ (Los Angeles Times) By all accounts, Filippo Brunelleschi, goldsmith and clockmaker, was an unkempt, cantankerous, and suspicious man-even by the generous standards according to which artists were judged in fifteenth-century Florence. He also designed and erected a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore-a feat of architectural daring that we continue to marvel at today-thus securing himself a place among the most formidable geniuses of the Renaissance. At first denounced as a madman, Brunelleschi literally reinvented the field of architecture amid plagues, wars, and political feuds to raise seventy million pounds of metal, wood, and marble hundreds of feet in the air. Ross King´s captivating narrative brings to life the personalities and intrigue surrounding the twenty-eight-year-long construction of the dome, opening a window onto Florentine life during one of history´s most fascinating eras.
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