《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》【内容简介】
他是天才，他是疯子，他创造了名垂青史的建筑奇迹。
《布鲁内莱斯基的穹顶》是关于一个文艺复兴时期的天才如何避开有限的人力、物质手段和艰难的自然条件建造了一个至今仍然为人我们所惊叹的建筑奇迹的故事。作者在书中描写了布鲁内莱斯基这位天才如何将一个不可能完成的任务变成一个创举，他发明新的机械，运用新的工作方法进行建造。故事里，作者将这一历史事件与瘟疫、战争、权力斗争以及思想的骚动有机地编织在一起，通过讲述历史，作者使得十五世纪的生活、传统、各种人物、社会状况跃然纸上。
作者用丰富翔实的细节描绘为读者打开了一扇了解15世纪生活的窗子。他还介绍了制砖工艺的悠久传统、运输的难题以及各个行会的强大势力。即便是在摩天大楼随处可见的今天，圣母百花大教堂的穹顶仍然保持着一种罕见的震慑人心的力量。罗斯•金用21世纪的读者可以感同身受的方式，把这段15世纪的教堂建造史生动地娓娓道来。
【作者简介】
罗斯•金，是一位广受赞誉的作者，著有《莱昂纳多和最后的晚餐》《米开朗琪罗与教皇的天花板》《帕里斯的裁判》《马基雅维利：权力的哲学家》及两本小说《藏书票》和《多米诺》。他生活在英格兰的牛津郡外。
【译者简介】
冯璇，北京外国语大学英语学院毕业，曾在出版社从事版权工作，现在专门从事翻译工作，已经翻译出版了《郁金香热》《美第奇家族的兴衰》《安第斯山脉的生与死》《印加帝国的末日》等作品。
"Brunelleschi's Dome" [Content Introduction]
He was a genius, he was a madman, and he created architectural wonders that will go down in history.
Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius avoided limited manpower, material means, and difficult natural conditions to build an architectural marvel that still amazes us today. In this book, the author describes how Brunelleschi, a genius, turned an impossible task into a pioneering initiative, inventing new machines and using new working methods to build. In the story, the author weaves this historical event together with pestilence, war, power struggles, and the tumult of ideas. By telling the history, the author brings to life, traditions, people, and social conditions of the 15th century.
The author gives the reader a window into life in the 15th century with rich and detailed descriptions. He also describes the long tradition of brick-making, the difficulties of transportation, and the powerful power of the guilds. Even in these days of skyscrapers, the dome of the Notre Dame Cathedral retains a rare and intimidating power. Ross King brings this 15th-century history of church building to life in a way that 21st-century readers can relate to.
【 About the author 】
Ross King is the acclaimed author of Leonardo and the Last Supper, Michelangelo and the Papal Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Machiavelli: The Philosopher of Power, and two novels, The Book Collection and Domino. He lives outside Oxfordshire in England.
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Feng Xuan, a graduate of the School of English at Beijing Foreign Studies University, used to work in copyright in a publishing house, and now specializes in translation. She has translated and published such works as Tulip Fever, The Rise and Fall of the Medici Family, Life and Death in the Andes, and the End of the Inca Empire.
