Brunelleschi
Americannoun
noun
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Filippo Brunelleschi, the architect, designed the Innocenti building, while Andrea della Robbia, the sculptor, was responsible for depicting idealized versions of the swaddled infants the institution took in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Art historians Giancarlo Gentilini and Alfredo Bellandi identified the sculpture as a model by Andrea di Lazzaro Cavalcanti for the marble bust of Brunelleschi in the memorial monument in the Florence Cathedral.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
The same room includes two crucifixes in painted wood, the first by Donatello, the second by Brunelleschi.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
Donatello was born in 1386, the son of a craftsman, and was apprenticed to the goldsmith and sculptor Ghiberti, also becoming a close friend of the architect and sculptor Brunelleschi.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Our only half-decent description of it was written in the 1480s, by Antonio Manetti, who was twenty-three years old when Brunelleschi died.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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