Duopo Brunelleschi's Duoo: The Cradle Of The Renaissance

The Renaissance began in the late 1300s and lasted till the 16th century. Over time, people realized the importance of Roman and Greek architecture, and started to enjoy non-religious art. Artists and sculptors began to make pieces of art that reflected to people's “wants” and “likes”, such as science, human anatomy, classical inspiration, new inventions, and much more. Artists and sculptures, such as Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci, became known as humanists. Brunelleschi's Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore was built in Florence, Italy, and completed in 1436. Florence is recognized as "The Cradle of the Renaissance" because the ideas of humanism began in Florence. The Duomo is most known as the best representation of the Renaissance because of its architecture, the artwork in the Duomo, and it is a symbol of Florence Italy.

Humanists loved to include classical art and architecture into their pieces of work, especially Brunelleschi. He wanted to make the dome based off the Pantheon, since he was fascinated by it. Brunelleschi knew that “there was not enough timber in Tuscany to build a scaffold inside the Cathedral, and the recipe for concrete had been lost since the fall of Rome” (Amaral). He had to find a way to make the dome stand and support itself, while still incorporating arches and columns. Brunelleschi's dome design

Although the Duomo was originally made to complete the cathedral, and many can argue that it was built for religious purposes, people believed that a church was not sacred without a dome. Originally, people believed that “there was no conceivable way to build a dome that size that would be self-supporting” until the dome was actually completed (Brown). The Duomo “was the greatest architectural feat in the Western world” (Amaral). Accordingly, the Duomo not only embodies the Renaissance, but also expresses Florence as a