Filippo Brunelleschi was considered as the father of Renaissance architecture and the most famous architect in Italy during his lifetime. Brunelleschi, the son of a notary named, Brunellesco Di Lippo, was born in Florence, Italy in 1377. He began his career working for a goldsmith and only six years after, he passed his examination and became a guild master goldsmith. Between 1402 and 1403, he sculpted the second door of The Doors of Paradise, called The Sacrifice of Isaac and entered it into a contest, but lost to his competitor, Ghiberti. After the competition, Brunelleschi discovered a passion for mathematics and architecture and began renovating town houses and buildings. He rediscovered the principles of linear perspective which had been used by the Romans and Greeks. Unlike other go
thic architecture, Brunelleschi used straight lines, flat planes and cubic spaces. Brunelleschi developed exceptional skills that helped him construct some of the finest pieces of architecture in Renaissance history. A few of these famous pieces include the cupola covering the Santa Maria del Fiore, the Ospedale degli Innocenti and the Pazzi Chapel.
One of Brunelleschi’s most famous masterpieces was the Pazzi Chapel located in Santa Croce Square. Brunelleschi completed the interior of the Chapel and its portico in 1443, but did not complete the entire building project. It was unfinished in his lifetime. The building was custom-made as a chapter house, with a chapel positioned behind the altar where the Pazzi family was permitted to bury their dead. The construction of the chapel using Brunellesc
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