He was exposed to the world of art at an early age and furthered his artistic education into his adulthood. ... This was most certainly a key step in the evolution of renaissance art. ... This is what the Renaissance was all about, the rebirth of classical architecture and art forms. ... The high and mighty nobles were throwing lots of money around for new, innovative art. ... Brunelleschi was the first architect to employ mathematical perspective to redefine Gothic and Romanesque design and establish proportioning and symmetry methods. ...
During the time of the Renaissance, many artists changed their views on art and its underlying philosophy. ... Brunelleschi's contemporaries Masaccio and Donatello were beginning to create great works of art with this new understanding. Like his fellow artists, Brunelleschi also designed a great work of art. ... The symmetry with which the church at San Lorenzo is designed takes away the feeling that the architecture has been woven together as was felt in many Gothic church designs. ... Architecture is essentially the connection from human experience to a structure by art and science, ...