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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The pair’s combined patronage extended the length of the High Renaissance, from Donatello and Brunelleschi to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021

Every attempt at reconstruction runs into difficulties and we have not a single word from Brunelleschi to help us.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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