5. • Domes instead of tall spires.
• Small round windows
instead of stained
glass.
6. • Arches - curved
openings
• Vaults - a series of
arches joined together.
• Column - a cylinder
shaped block of stone.
• Purpose was to show
that man and his
world are important.
7. The Cathedral of
Santa Maria
• This great
Cathedral was
completed in
1296 in
Florence,
except...
8. • …it did not
have a dome!
For 124 years the
Cathedral of Santa
Maria had been an
embarrassment for the
city of Florence as no
architect in could be
found capable of
building a dome to
complete this
magnificent church.
9. • The last great dome, the Pantheon was built by
the Ancient Romans.
• The secret of how to build such a dome had
been lost for over 1,000 years.
Our story of the building of the great dome of Santa
Maria begins in 1401 with a contest...
10. • In 1401 a contest was held in Florence
to choose an artist to create a pair of
beautiful bronze doors for the
Baptistry.
• The two finalists were
Lorenzo Ghiberti and
Filippo Brunelleschi.
• The winner was Lorenzo Ghiberti