. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. o, dying K 2 132 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book I. 13^6, his cksign for tlie campanile was carried out by Tadileo Gaddi, who died 1355 Francisco Talenti, as capomaestro, was ordered to make a model to show liowthe chapels in the rear were to be disposed correct without any defect. On June 19,1357 the foundations of a new and larger church were begun by Talenti. AndreaOrcagna, IJucozzo, Taddeo Gaddi and other architects of talent were consulte
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. o, dying K 2 132 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book I. 13^6, his cksign for tlie campanile was carried out by Tadileo Gaddi, who died 1355 Francisco Talenti, as capomaestro, was ordered to make a model to show liowthe chapels in the rear were to be disposed correct without any defect. On June 19,1357 the foundations of a new and larger church were begun by Talenti. AndreaOrcagna, IJucozzo, Taddeo Gaddi and other architects of talent were consulted in turn,and in 1376 the last of the four arclies was completed ; the central tribune with its fivechapels were completed H07 ; and in H21 the armatures (centering?) of the last tribunewere taken down {The Times, May 12, 1887). This edifice, though conmenced beforethe revival of the art-;, is one of particular interest and instruction in the liistory of archi-tecture, and one wherein is found a preparation for changing the style then pre\alent intoone sanctioned by the ancient principles of the art. Fig. 163. shows the plan, and^<;. 164. SANTA MAHIA DEf, Vl the half section and half elevation of it. The walls are amost entirely cased withmarble. The whole length of it is 454 feet ; from the pavement to the summit of thecross is nearly 387 feet ; the transept is nearly 334 feet long ; the height of the nave153 feet, and that of the side aisles 96j. In 1407 Brunelleschi was consulted with othersas to the dome, but was not appointed until 1420; he nearly completed the drum at hisdeath in 1446. The church was consec-ated March 25, 1436, and the works ceased in1474. The facade, destroyed in 1588, was rebuilt from a design by E. de Fahris, andimveiled in May 1886. The revival of architecture is so connected with tho life ofBrunelleschi, that a few passages in the latter will assist us in giving information on theformer. He was born in 1377, and was intended by his father, Lippo L
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