Question
This artist made a hole in his depiction of his city’s baptistery, then aligned it with the baptistery, so that people could marvel at his rediscovery of linear perspective. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this man. That octagonal baptistery is near to a structure this artist designed which uses a double-shell design on top of its octagonal base.
ANSWER: Filippo Brunelleschi (broon-ell-ESS-kee)
[10e] Brunelleschi designed the brick dome of this Italian city’s cathedral, which stands opposite that baptistry. Giorgio Vasari (“vass-AR-i”) began the construction of this city’s Uffizi (“uff-EETS-i”) gallery.
ANSWER: Florence [or Firenze]
[10h] Brunelleschi had earlier lost a competition to design the east doors of the Florence Baptistry to Lorenzo Ghiberti (“gih-BUR-ti”), after both made panels of this Biblical scene for the competition’s judges.
ANSWER: sacrifice of Isaac [or the binding of Isaac; accept anything indicating Abraham preparing to kill his son Isaac; prompt on partial answers]
Summary
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