What is Filippo Brunelleschi?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Filippo Brunelleschi | image = Cinque maestri del rinascimento fiorentino, XVI sec, Filippo Brunelleschi.JPG | caption = | birth_name = Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi<ref>{{Cite book |first=Paul Robert |last=Walker |title=The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World|publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2003 |isbn=0-380-97787-7 |page=5 }}</ref> | birth_date = 1377 | birth_place = [[Florence]], [[Republic of Florence]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1446|04|15|1377|df=y}} | death_place = Florence, Republic of Florence | nationality = | field = Architecture, sculpture, mechanical engineering | movement = [[Renaissance|Early Renaissance]] | works = Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore }} '''Filippo Brunelleschi''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|r|uː|n|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|s|k|i}} {{respell|BROO|nə|LESK|ee}}, {{IPA-it|fiˈlippo brunelˈleski|lang}}, also known as '''Pippo''';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/lodicoalcorriere/index/10-06-2020/index.shtml|title=Il miracolo della cupola di «Pippo» Brunelleschi|publisher=corriere.it|language=it|date=11 June 2020|accessdate=26 November 2020}}</ref> 1377 – 15 April 1446) was one of the most important architects of the [[Italian Renaissance]] and an inventor of the [[perspective (graphical)|perspective]]. All of his most well-known works are in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. ==Biography== ===Early life=== Brunelleschi was born in Florence, Italy in 1377.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Filippo Brunelleschi|last=Bruschi|first=Arnaldo|publisher=Electa|year=2006|location=Milano|pages=9}}</ref> His family consisted of his father, Brunellesco di Lippo, a notary and civil servant, his mother Giuliana Spini, and his two brothers.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Life of Brunelleschi|last=Manetti|first=Antonio|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=1970|pages=36–38|translator-last=Enggass|translator-first=Catherine}}</ref> The family was well-off; the palace of the Spini family still ex