The Cathedral Complex, Florence

Siena Cathedral, 1215-1263 (and plans for the expansion of the nave)

Siena, Italy (cathedrals highly visible from a distance)

Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, Florence, 1059-1128

Interior, Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, Florence, 1059-1128

Andrea Pisano, south doors, Baptistery, Florence, 1330-1336

Salome panel

Competition panels for new bronze Baptistery doors

BrunelleschiGhiberti

1401

Lorenzo Ghiberti, north doors, Baptistery, Florence, 1403-1424

Flagellation of Christ panel

Lorenzo Ghiberti, east doors, “Gates of Paradise”, Baptistery, Florence, 1425-1452

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Jacob and Esau panel, Baptistery, Florence,1424-1452, east doors

(Donatello), Madonna of the Clouds, 1425-1435, MFA Boston

Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, ground plan

Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), ground plan, cathedral of Florence, 1296-1436

Giotto’s campanile, Florence cathedral, 1334-1359

Andrea Pisano, sculpted lozenges from Giotto’s campanile, 1341-1347

Sculpture (Phidias)

Astronomy

Nave, Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Nave (from the dome), Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Cross-section of cathedral cupola, Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Filippo BRUNELLESCHI Cupola (dome), Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), Florence, 1418-1436

Filippo BRUNELLESCHI Cupola (dome), Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), Florence, 1418-1436

Filippo BRUNELLESCHI Cupola (dome), Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), Florence, 1418-1436

Filippo BRUNELLESCHI, Interior of dome, Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), Florence, 1418-1436

Filippo BRUNELLESCHI Cupola (dome), apsidal chapels (help to buttress force from the dome)

Santa Maria del Fiore (duomo), Florence, 1418-1436

Lantern, Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (help with containing horizontal force from cupola), 1446-1461

Façade, Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (completed in the 19th century)