Brunelleschi

Architecture was also revived during the Renaissance. The initiator of the revival of the great principles of the Roman architect Vitruvius was Fillippo Brunelleschi. He lived from 1377 to 1446, a native of Florence, as with so many of the Renaissance greats. Brunelleschi's great masterpiece was the completion of the cathedral dome in Florence. This was a rival in greatness to Hadrian's Pantheon in Rome 1400 years before. The cathedral in Florence revived the art of dome building that had been lost after the fall of Rome in the West.