The work continued on the church in 1349 under the observation of different architects, set ab come in with Francesco Talenti, who had done the campanile and enlarged the total project to intromit the apse and the adjacent chapels.
On 19 August 1418, the Arte della Lana publicise a structural design competition for founding Neris dome. The deuce main competitors were two master goldsmiths,Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, who has the support of Cosimo de Medici. Finally, Brunelleschi won and legitimate the commission. The noticeable point is that it was the first octagonal dome in tale to be built without a temporary wooden livelihood frame.
The building of such a masonry dome posed some(prenominal) technical bothers. Brunelleschi decided to follow the pantheon strategy but all the in crapation about its construction was forgotten.
A wooden form had held the Pantheon dome aloft while its concrete set, but the problem with the neris desing was the height and breadth of the dome which was 52 meters higher up the floor and also spanning 44 meters. Brunelleschi had to construct the dome out of bricks, because of to its light weight compared to stone and easier to form, and with nothing under it during construction. He constructed a wooden and brick puzzle and still displayed in the Museo dellOpera del Duomo. The model made as a reference for the employees, but was by choice undone, to ensure Brunelleschis control over the construction.
Brunelleschis solutions were ingenious. The spreading problem was solve by a set of four internal crosswise stone and iron chains, serving as barrel hoops, imbed within the inner dome: one...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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