Brunelleschi

American  

[broon-l-es-kee, broo-nel-les-kee] / ˌbrun lˈɛs ki, ˌbru nɛlˈlɛs ki /

Italian Brunellesco

noun

1. Filippo 1377?–1446, Italian architect.

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Brunelleschi British  

/ brunelˈleski /

noun

1. Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo

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Example Sentences

Filippo Brunelleschi is as familiar as he is elusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The use of linear perspective had been a “secret” known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but lost and then “rediscovered” by the Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi, whose drawings inspired Masaccio.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Vandals and Visigoths must have felt that way; Donatello and Brunelleschi no less.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

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

So what had Brunelleschi learnt from his peep-show, apart from the difficulties of working with mirrors?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton