Facade of the pazzi chapel.
Pazzi chapel roof.
The pazzi chapel fits into a timeline of renaissance architectural history like a piece of a puzzle that cannot be removed.
Lunettes in glaced terracotta with saints.
The pazzi chapel was commissioned in 1429 by the pazzi family a wealthy banking family in florence.
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.
Outline of the chapel from piazza santa croce.
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.
The graceful roof.
The pazzi chapel italian.
Detail of the doric columns.
Cappella dei pazzi is a chapel located in the first cloister on the southern flank of the basilica di santa croce in florence italy.
Commonly credited to filippo brunelleschi it is considered to be one of the masterpieces of renaissance architecture.