Commonly credited to filippo brunelleschi it is considered to be one of the masterpieces of renaissance architecture.
Pazzi chapel roof.
Lunettes in glaced terracotta with saints.
Cappella dei pazzi is a chapel located in the first cloister on the southern flank of the basilica di santa croce in florence italy.
Facade of the pazzi chapel.
He could achieve this result by including in his project plan the knowledge gained during his stay in rome when he focused primarily on measuring ancient buildings for instance the pantheon.
Filippo brunelleschi built the pazzi chapel as a perfect space with harmonious proportions.
Pazzi chapel santa croce florence commissioned 1429 built 1442 c 1465 architect.
The chapel was built as a chapter house meeting place for the members of a monastery for the convent of santa croce in florence which dates to the italian gothic period.
Outline of the chapel from piazza santa croce.
The pazzi chapel italian.
The pazzi chapel fits into a timeline of renaissance architectural history like a piece of a puzzle that cannot be removed.
The pazzi chapel was commissioned in 1429 by the pazzi family a wealthy banking family in florence.
The way i see it it s part of a series of centrally planned spaces spaces based on squares and circles and perfect geometries a concept first explored by brunelleschi.