Basilica of San Lorenzo
While construction Educational Home, Brunelleschi in 1420 began work on the Old sakristiey the basilica of San Lorenzo (founded in 390 city, rebuild), and was first created has become a model for Renaissance clear and harmonious composition tsentricheskuyu (completed in 1428 ). Funds allocated for the construction of the Medici - were buried here were members of their families. Sakristiya San Lorenzo - spacious (approx. 11 m wide) square room, domed ceiling. On the eastern side of the wall opened to the altar, the square and also blocked a dome - a small low room, thus subject to large, high, each clearly seen in isolation, in isolation, as expressed in the main feature of the artistic challenges Brunelleschi - the quest for clarity. Edges and corners of the walls of both rooms are marked Corinthian pilasters supporting the entablature - order underlines the entire structure of the premises and clearly captures the perception of space. At the wall, over which rises the dome, superimposed decorative arches, in the lunette above the entablature - posted polutsirkulnye window. Sails, lunette, doors and parts of them decorated with reliefs, which complied with Donatello. All tectonic joints - a warrant platband windows, rib vaults - made of dark stone and is made for the neutral beautiful white walls.
When Brunelleschi assumed restructuring the church of San Lorenzo, the walls of the altar has vysilis, sakristiya built, and on the other hand were the remains of the old church of San Lorenzo, which had not yet been broken. This early Christian basilica and a form of a new church. Early Christian architecture is not seen as barbaric, the antique columns were still to «good style», - thus, the path to the renaissance - Restored antique - the architecture is largely going through the recollection of the times of early Christianity and its architecture.
Side nefy Basilica - do not cross-cutting, as it was traditionally, and formed a chain of identical square rooms, overlapping arches. Antique for proportions, silhouette and drawing chapiter easily bear brunt, they spread through the arch, the space divided with mathematical clarity - avoid all the pressing, the disjunctive. Simple ornamentation, partly ancient, partly following Florentine tradition, in part - the invention itself Brunelleschi, has influenced the ease, harmony, and mood of the church building - the mood unshadowed cheerfulness, naive joy of life.