Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1223 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Brunelleschi: The Dome and Linear Perspective
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The idea
Brunelleschi, thirteen seventy-seven to fourteen forty-six, raised Florence cathedral's dome, Europe's largest freestanding, finished in fourteen thirty-six on the witness and the primary record, and reinvented linear perspective, depth on a flat surface, from Ibn al-Haytham's optics.
In practice
The anchor's fourteen thirteen for the dome is recorded.
Where people slip
The anchor calls Gothic bulky, a Renaissance judgment. Unit 11 taught Gothic itself.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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