Bonaccorso Ghiberti’s “Zibaldone”. Drawing of a lift machine for the materials used in the construction of the cupola of S. Maria del Fiore, cathedral of Florence and designed by Brunelleschi
Bonaccorso Ghiberti, nephew of the famous Florentine sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, was an Italian sculptor and architect. . He is remembered for the drawing of building machine designed by Brunelleschi for the dome of Maria del Fiore in Florence. The drawings are collected in the manuscript "Zibaldone" by which there are two copies, one in Florence and one in Turin.
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Licenza d’uso: pubblicato in Ceccarelli M., Cigola M., EVOLUZIONE DELLA RAPPRESENTAZIONE GRAFICA NEL PROGETTO DEI MECCANISMI, in Atti del Convegno “Il Disegno di Progetto dalle origini a tutto il XVIII secolo. Storia e sviluppi”, Dipartimento di Rappresentazione e Rilievo dell’Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma 1997; pp.427-433. ISBN 88-7448-766-5