the dome of florence cathedral was built in florence.
the dome of florence cathedral was built in florence.
when was the dome of florence cathedral built?
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florence cathedral, formally the (; in english "cathedral of saint mary of the flower"), is the cathedral of florence, italy (). it was begun in 1296 in the gothic style to a design of arnolfo di cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by filippo brunelleschi. the exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century gothic revival façade by emilio de fabris.
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the overseers of the office of works of florence cathedral, consisting mostly of members of the influential woolen cloth guild, the arte della lana, had plans to commission a series of twelve large old testament sculptures for the buttresses of the cathedral.donatello, then in his early twenties, was commissioned to carve a statue of david in 1408, to top one of the buttresses of florence cathedral, though it was never placed there. nanni di banco was commissioned to carve a marble statue of isaiah, at the same scale, in the same year. one of the statues was lifted into place in 1409, but was found to be too small to be easily visible from the ground and was taken down; both statues then languished in the workshop of the "opera" for several years. in 1410 donatello made the first of the statues, a figure of joshua in terracotta. in 1409-1411 donatello made a statue of "saint john the evangelist" which until 1588 was in a niche of the old cathedral façade. a figure of hercules, also in terracotta, was commissioned from the florentine sculptor agostino di duccio in 1463 and was made perhaps under donatello's direction. a statue of david by michelangelo was completed 1501-1504 although it could not be placed on the butteresss because of its six ton weight. in 2010 a fiberglass replica of "david" was placed for one day on the florence cathedral.
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