" Filippo Brunelleschi"' was an Italian architect and one of the first architects to be associated with the Italian Renaissance in Florence. All of his principal works are in Florence. He achieved extraordinary recognition during his lifetime. As explained by Antonio Manetti, who knew Brunelleschi and who wrote his biography, Brunelleschi "was granted such honors as to be buried in Santa Maria del Fiore, and with a marble bust, which they say was carved from life, … Wikipedia
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