Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence still retains a rare power to astonish. Yet the elegance of the building belies the tremendous labour, technical ingenuity and bitter personal strife involved in its creation. For over a century after work on the cathedral began in 1296, the proposed dome was regarded as all but impossible to build because of its enormous size. The greatest architectural puzzle of its age, when finally completed in 1436 the dome was hailed as one of the great wonders of the world. It has gone Brunelleschi's Dome - Ross King od authora Ross King a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Ross King |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
192 |
Rok vydání |
2011 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Vintage |