Florence church photo copyrighted by: Galen R. Frysinger In the Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy, there is a cathedral church whose
octagonal dome, built without the aid of scaffolding, was considered the greatest engineering feat of the early Renaissance. Dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore,
Our Lady of the Flower, it is also known as the Duomo, after the Italian word for
cathedral. Created by many great Early Modern artists, this piece of architecture
is a perfect example the Renaissance style. We can come to a better
understanding of why this is so by exploring what the characteristics of the
Renaissance “style”.
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