Lloyd Final Set 3

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1. Known as the "hunchback of the dome." He was one of four men appointed to a special ad hoc committee. He functioned more as a foreman or overseer on the project

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Battista d'Antonio

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2. When lightning struck the dome on April 5, 1492, several tons of marble fell into the streets on the north side of the cupola, in the direction of the Villa Careggi, where this individual lay ill. The sick man, upon hearing of the direction ofthe debris, proclaimed, "I am a dead man." He died three days later on Passion Sunday

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Lorenzo De'Medici

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Late in 1425 this deputy of Lorenzo Ghiberti filed an appeal to the wardens in charge of the project criticizing Brunelleschi's method of controlling the curvature of the dome. The primary motive for this action seems to be jealously. His model for the wooden chain had been rejected in favor of Filippo's.

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Giovanni da Prato

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4. Talented young sculptor who accompanies Brunelleschi on his trip to Rome in the early 1400s.

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Donatello

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5. First biographer of the life and work of Brunelleschi; frequently quoted or referred to in the text as a source of information.

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Antonio di Tuccio Manetti

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8. Philosopher, mathematician friend of Brunelleschi's who, in a famous letter to a member of the court of the Kine of Portugal, first entertained and suggested the idea of sailing west to reach India

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CD. Paolo Toscanelli

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9. — This individual was the adopted son of Brunelleschi; at one point he steals money and jewels from him

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B,Andrea Cavalcanti

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This master mason's design won the original competition for the design of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral. The design was revolutionary because it abandoned the medieval technique of using the flying buttress to support the weight of the structure.

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Neri de Fioravanti

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Famed for his bronze doors on the Baptistry of the Cathedral of Florence.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

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11. any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts; esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.

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buttress

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the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation

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Oratory

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dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area.

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Cupola

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14. a a manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.

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Palimpsest

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a circular opening, esp. one at the apex of a dome.

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oculus

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any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like.

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Parapet

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the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.

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mensuration

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a kind of carving or sculpture in which the figures are raised a few inches from a flat background to give a three-dimensional effect.

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bas-relief

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a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.

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pilaster

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a skilled manual worker, a craftsperson.

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artisan