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Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi was considered as the father of Renaissance architecture and the most famous architect in Italy during his lifetime. Brunelleschi, the son of a notary named, Brunellesco Di Lippo, was born in Florence, Italy in 1377. He began his career working for a goldsmith and only six years after, he passed his examination and became a guild master goldsmith. Between 1402 and 1403, he sculpted the second door of The Doors of Paradise, called The Sacrifice of Isaac and entered it into a contest, but lost to his competitor, Ghiberti. After the competition, Brunelleschi discovered a passion for mathematics and architecture and began renovating town houses and buildings. He rediscovered the principles of linear perspective which had been used by the Romans and Greeks. Unlike other go