In Florence, Italy, a cathedral stands over the tomb of its architect, Filippo Brunelleschi. The Florence Cathedral which serves as his monument today was one of his greatest architectural achievements. Little is known about Filippo's childhood because he was not very famous; however, later in his life he made tremendous achievements in the field of architecture. Filippo Brunelleschi's structures were considered glorious at the time and are still standing today. Filippo Brunelleschi was born in 1377 in Florence, Italy. He had an older brother and a younger brother. His mother was Giuliana Spini and his father was Ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi, a Florentine notary. Although Brunelleschi never married, he had an adopted son, Buggiano. After training as a sculptor and goldsmith, Brunelleschi applied in 1398 to create the bronze reliefs for the door of the Baptistery in Florence in 1401. At that time, his friends gave him the nickname "Pippo". He was competing against six sculptors, including Lorenzo Ghiberti. Unfortunately, Filippo didn't win; Lorenzo Ghiberti did it. After losing, Filippo decided to abandon his sculpture and concentrate on architecture, where he worked with gears, clocks, wheels, weights and mathematics. He was very successful in both areas. He turned out to be an architect and a watchmaker, but he was also a goldsmith. He was also the first engineer of the Renaissance (“Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446”). He was the architect of Florence Cathedral, also called Santa Maria del Fiore. Later he began work on the Florence Cathedral, one of his most prestigious works. He worked on the dome, the construction of which took approximately sixteen years. Filippo has barely made it to the middle of paper......how the rings of the bow fit into both sides of the octagon (King 106). People still marvel at his dome and many of his other creations. Filippo Brunelleschi's magnificent buildings and churches still stand today. This genius will always be remembered for his superb work and his very useful discoveries. If you think about it, art would be really boring, because everything would be flat, without discovering a linear perspective. How could the designers have made their drawings credible? Everything would be flat. If Filippo Brunelleschi didn't exist, you might not watch three-dimensional films. He could have been the only one to discover the correct formula for linear perspective. Even though almost no one I know has heard of Filippo Brunelleschi, he is a very important person. How much fun would cinema or art be if Filippo Brunelleschi had never lived?