The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance
How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 25, 2003
Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo.
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- Who it’s for
- A readable look at a creative feud that reshaped art, architecture, and taste.
- Genres
- Renaissance History, Renaissance Architecture, Artists' Lives
- Published
- HarperCollins, November 25, 2003
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Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo.
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Its designer was Filippo Brunelleschi, a temperamental architect and inventor who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. Yet the completion of the dome was not Brunelleschi’s glory alone. He was forced to share the commission with his archrival, the canny and gifted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. In this lush, imaginative history—a fascinating true story of artistic genius and personal triumph—Paul Robert Walker breathes life into these two talented, passionate artists and the competitive drive that united and dived them. As it illuminates fascinating individuals from Donatello and Masaccio to Cosimo de’Medici and Leon Battista Alberti, The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance offers a glorious tour of 15th-century Florence, a bustling city on the verge of greatness in a time of flourishing creativity, rivalry, and genius.
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A readable look at a creative feud that reshaped art, architecture, and taste.
Come here for
- Renaissance art and architecture in plain view
- A tidy, idea-led account of how a rivalry mattered
Expect
- Accessible context over specialist jargon
- A sustained narrative, not a scatter of facts
Where it sits
| Artists' Lives | 57% |
|---|---|
| Renaissance Architecture | 44% |
| Renaissance History | 42% |
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Publisher categories
- Renaissance Architecture
- European Art
- Art Reference
- Italian History
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- World History
- Renaissance History
- LGBTQ+ History
- History of Photography
- Authors
- Paul Robert Walker, Simon Vance, William Morrow
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 25, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Renaissance Architecture