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Antonio di Tuccio Manetti (6 July 1423 – May 26, 1497) was an Italian mathematician and architect from Florence. [ 1 ] He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante 's Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research regarding the topic, the earliest Renaissance Florentine editors of the ...
The Life written by Antonio di Tuccio Manetti is one of the few sources we have for Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1455), the great architect of the early Italian Renaissance. Written by a younger contemporary of Brunelleschi, the Life catalogues his works including the Duomo of Santa Maria dei Fiori and the Pazzi Chapel, his friendship with Donatello (1386-1466), and his interaction with patrons.
Antonio di Tuccio Manetti (6 July 1423 – May 26, 1497) was an Italian mathematician and architect from Florence. He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante 's Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research regarding the topic, the earliest Renaissance Florentine editors of the poem ...
Antonio Manetti (1423 - 1497) RA Collection: People and Organisations. An Italian mathematician and architect from Florence. He was also the biographer of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi. He is particularly noted for his investigations into the site, shape and size of Dante’s Inferno. Although Manetti never himself published his research ...
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Biographer of early Renaissance artists including Filippo Brunelleschi. Manetti was born to a wealthy family of Florentine merchants and educated privately; he retained partial interest in a silk warehouse in Florence throughout his life. Through his studies, he knew the architect and Renaissance theorist Filippo Brunelleschi and became interested ...
Vite di Filippo Brunellesch. (Florence, Bib. N. Cent., MS. II, ii, 325, fols 295r-312v), modern reprint, Vita di Filippo Brunelleschi. Milan: Polifio, 1976, English, Saalman, Howard. The Life of Brunelleschi by Antonio di Tuccio Manetti. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1970; Huomini singhularii in Firenze dal MCCCC. innanz...
Kultermann, Udo. The History of Art History. New York: Abaris, 1993, pp. 11, 12, Pacciani, Riccardo. “Manetti, Antonio (di Tuccio).” Dictionary of Art 20: 262-263; Murray, Peter. “Art Historians and Art Critics, IV: ‘XIV uomini singhularii in Firenze.'” Burlington Magazine 99 (1957): 330-36; Tanturli, Giuliano. “Per l’interpretazione storica della ...
Filippo Brunelleschi. The Life of Brunelleschi (c. 1480) by Antonio di Tuccio Manetti (1423-1497) Antonio di Tuccio Manetti was the son of a Florentine silk merchant. He studied mathematics, geometry, and astronomy. Like other residents of the city, Manetti was interested in the life and work of its most famous son: the poet, Dante Alighieri ...
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of Brunelleschi, Vita di Filippo di Ser Brunelleschi, attributed to Antonio di Tuccio Manetti (1423-1497) [1], The date of the biography is unknown. It was probably written after 1482 and some 60 years after the creation of the two panel paintings. At times Manetti's description is unclear, but the most detailed
