BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
(b. 1377, Firenze, d. 1446, Firenze)

Santo Spirito: Interior

1444-46
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Piazza Santo Spirito, Florence

Brunelleschi built two large basilical churches in Florence, both completed after his death but showing the development of his style in his later years, and both of them became patterns of the Latin cross type of plan. The earlier of the two is San Lorenzo, the later was the Santo Spirito, which is basically very similar to San Lorenzo, and the two churches between them became exemplars of the Brunelleschian style.