Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Title: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Author: Ross King
ISBN: 0142000159
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1ST
Number of Pages: 194
Section: Architecture | History | General
Publisher Description: A national bestseller, Brunelleschi's Dome recounts how one genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to engineer the impossible--the construction of a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in 1418. An ALA Notable Book of the Year. Illustrations & halftones throughout.