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Great Architectural Feats of the 15th Century
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GREAT ARCHITECTURAL FEATS OF THE 15TH CENTURY Nicolas Antippas Mrs. Regina Lanford AP Art History 04/11/2001 Nicolas Antippas Mrs. Regina Lanford AP Art History 04/11/2001 GREAT ARCHITECTURAL FEATS OF THE 15TH CENTURY Filippo Brunelleschi was born in 1377 and died in 1446. Not unlike many great artists of his time in the early fifteenth century, he was trained originally as a goldsmith and entered the Goldsmith's guild in 1404.Before that he had already started to work as a sculptor, since he took part in the competition, held in 1401, for the commission for the new doors of the Baptistery. It was won by Ghiberti, and Brunelleschi went to Rome with Donatello, a sculptor, as soon as he knew that he had lost the competition. Brunelleschi and Donatello must have been close friends and, along with the painter Masaccio, the three of them were the representatives of the most advanced painting, sculpture and architecture of the fifteenth century. The fact that...
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