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Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world's most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Its designer was Filippo Brunelleschi, a temperamental architect and inventor who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. Yet the completion of the dome was not Brunelleschi's glory alone. He was forced to share the commission with his archrival, the canny and gifted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. In this lush, imaginative history--a fascinating true story of artistic genius and personal triumph--Paul Robert Walker breathes life into these two talented, passionate artists and the competitive drive that united and dived them. As it illuminates fascinating individuals from Donatello and Masaccio to Cosimo de'Medici and Leon Battista Alberti, The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance offers a glorious tour of 15th-century Florence, a bustling city on the verge of greatness in a time of flourishing creativity, rivalry, and genius.

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Walker...contends that while fighting for architectural and sculptural commissions and fuming at one another, the two artists brought out the best in each other, their peers, and subsequent generations. -- Publishers Weekly Walker re-creates the intrigues of fifteenth-century Florence...Using an estimable cache of documentary materials and a supporting cast that includes the sculptor Donatello and the painter Masaccio...Recommended for public libraries and young adult collections. -- Library Journal Drawing on a wealth of original source material and contemporary biographies, this engaging account introduces readers to rivals Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti...He makes note of past events that impacted Florentine life of the day, such as the plague, the Great Schism, and the Guelf/Ghibelline struggle. Use of anecdotes, particularly the tale of an elaborate practical joke, shows the human side of these masters. -- School Library Journal A convincing account of one of the defining moments in art and history. -- Kirkus Reviews [Simon Vance] delivers the story with panache and aplomb. -- AudioFile

"""[Simon Vance] delivers the story with panache and aplomb."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""A convincing account of one of the defining moments in art and history."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Drawing on a wealth of original source material and contemporary biographies, this engaging account introduces readers to rivals Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti...He makes note of past events that impacted Florentine life of the day, such as the plague, the Great Schism, and the Guelf/Ghibelline struggle. Use of anecdotes, particularly the tale of an elaborate practical joke, shows the human side of these masters."" -- ""School Library Journal"" ""Walker re-creates the intrigues of fifteenth-century Florence...Using an estimable cache of documentary materials and a supporting cast that includes the sculptor Donatello and the painter Masaccio...Recommended for public libraries and young adult collections."" -- ""Library Journal"" Walker...contends that while fighting for architectural and sculptural commissions and fuming at one another, the two artists brought out the best in each other, their peers, and subsequent generations."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Paul Robert Walker has written twenty books on subjects ranging from the Italian Renaissance and the American West to folklore, baseball, and miracles. A former teacher and journalist, he lives in Escondido, California, with his wife and two children. Read by Simon Vance, Kate Reading, Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister, Antony Ferguson, Henrietta Meire, and Tim Bruce

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