... influential powers during the Renaissance. The arts were extremely important to the Renaissance, and very influential. Architecture was modeled after classical Greek and Roman stylings. The greatest Italian architect was Filippo Brunelleschi, who was best known for his completion of a cathedral in 1436. Sculpture, as did architecture, reflected ancient Greek and Roman ideas. The best known sculptors were Donatello, Michelangelo and ... ...

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... was held, the prize being the honor of designing the dome of the Cathedral Florence. Again, just like the competition in 1401, both Brunelleschi and Ghiberti entered. However, this time Filippo Brunelleschi won. He solved this problem by combining the buttress methods used of the Gothic Cathedral and classical vaulting techniques that he mastered by his careful study of the Roman ... ...

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