Question

Brunelleschi’s design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________. Group of answer choices

a.it had to be made of wood
b.it was very small
c.it was built in just two weeks building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge
d.none of the other answers

Answer 1

(d) none of the other answers

Step-by-step explanation:

Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the leading architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance and is best known for his work on the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo) in Florence. He was the father of Renaissance architecture.

The building of such a masonry dome posed many technical problems. Brunelleschi looked to the great dome of the Pantheon in Rome for solutions.Brunelleschi chose to follow such design and employed a double shell, made of sandstone and marble. Brunelleschi would have to build the dome out of brick, due to its light weight compared to stone and being easier to form, and with nothing under it during construction.

A modern understanding of physical laws and the mathematical tools for calculating stresses were not available then (centuries in the future). Brunelleschi, like all cathedral builders, had to rely on intuition and whatever he could learn from the large scale models he built.

Answer 2

c.it was built in just two weeks building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge

Step-by-step explanation:

Filippo Brunelleschi was, a goldsmith, known for his architectural design expertise, born in 1377 in the city of Florence, having studied Roman classical buildings, he was able to put the knowledge into use, when he won the bid for completing the Florence Cathedral Dome in 1419.

With excellent visions and ideas, he was able to complete the construction of the Dome in 1436, after so much invention and innovative ideas, such as creation of hoisting machine, and reduction of the Dome's weight, so as to be structurally feasible.