Filippo Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi lived from 1377-1446. He was a Florentine architect who was one of the key figures in the development of the Italian Renaissance. His revival of classical forms and his methods of architecture based on the mathematical, proportion, and a scientific understanding of perspective make him a key artistic figure in the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Brunelleschi was born in Florence in 1377 and received his early training as a …

…the first Renaissance masters to codify the laws of scientific perspective. He made two perspective paintings which are now lost, probably between 1415 and 1420, and he is also credited with having painted the architectural background in one of Masaccio's early works. Brunelleschi's influence on his contemporaries and immediate successors was very strong and has been felt even in the 20th century, when he is revered by modern architects as the first great exponent of rational architecture.