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Book Review of Brunelleschi's Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Brunelleschi's Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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Ross King deftly lays a score of high Renaissance adventures into the brickwork of the rising dome. As each novel feat of genius engineeing flowers high aboveground, details of scandals and pranks blow up from the city streets to creat an altogether enchanting tale.