History of art: RenaissanceFilippo Brunelleschi was one of the greatest sculptors and architects of the Renaissance. His architectural achievements include some of the best-known and most impressive structures not only from the Renaissance, but also today. Not only were his structures amazing, but during his tenure he also invented new technology that would allow his structures to be built. What would happen if Brunelleschi never designed architecture? We would have lost his inventions, his structures and all the works that he inspired in other artists. Brunelleschi's career path shifted from sculpture to architecture after his defeat to Ghiberti in the competition for the eastern doors of the Florentine Baptistery. If Brunelleschi had won this competition, Renaissance architecture and art, and even today, would have been negatively affected. To understand how Brunelleschi became the artist he is, we have to look back at his childhood. Brunelleschi, in his youth, showed that he was already capable of great things. His great-great-grandfather was a master physician, a testament to the passing down of technical skills. Brunelleschi's father tried to push him into various careers that did not involve art, such as becoming a doctor and notary, but Brunelleschi showed little interest and was more attracted to manual labor, art, and things of greater utility. Utility by definition is the quality or state of being useful. We will eventually see several useful things come from Brunelleschi. His father understands that his son will do what he wants, so he introduces him to a goldsmith where he learns how to set stones and work with metal, which he quickly masters and leaves. It then moved... middle of paper ...... I never discovered the secret of linear perspective, which was later used not only by architects, but also by painters, such as fresco of Masaccio's Holy Trinity in 1427. All the art that was ever inspired by Brunelleschi would not be here today. Brunelleschi narrowly lost the competition for the eastern doors of the baptistery, and it was perhaps the most defining moment of the Renaissance.Annotated bibliographyPaatz, Walter. The arts of the Italian Renaissance: painting, sculpture, architecture. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1974. Partridge, Loren W. Renaissance Art Rome, 1400-1600. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Turner, Richard. Renaissance Florence: the invention of a new art. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1997. Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of painters, sculptors and architects. London, Toronto: JM Dent, 1927.