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Made by hand
Perrone's libri bianchi
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King’s 2000 book Brunelleschi’s Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence’s Cupola. This …
Filming Filippo
Adopting tenacity
Walking the talk in Florence
In the early days of May, strains of guitars, violins and accordions accompanied by drumbeats, are heard in the streets of Pistoia’s mountain villages. Joyous voices ring out, announcing the official arrival of spring.
When I started writing this column, I was …
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Tribute to Filippo
April 16 is a special day in Florence, and it has become a special day for me, too. It is the anniversary of the death of Filippo Brunelleschi, a day on which I, along with the rest of the city, remember …Filming Filippo
Topping the dome
The bronze ball and lantern
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King’s 2000 book Brunelleschi’s Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence’s Cupola. This …
Filming Filippo
Eight Veils
The Cupola is a marvel. An eight-sided marvel. As round as it looks from a distance, up close we can observe that it was built on an octagonal base. Its eight sides are referred to as ‘veils' or in Italian, vele, like the sails …
Filming Filippo
The Brunelleschi arch
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with …
Filming Filippo
Light and silver
From inspiration to the screen
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of
Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column
chronicles the pursuit …
Filming Filippo
From dream to film
Phase two: The journey continues
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from
Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based
on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo
Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began
with …
Filming Filippo
Calcio Storico: A hair-raising game
Being born in Canada means having ice hockey in your veins. It’s a little understood sport in which fist-fighting is considered a normal part of the game. In hockey, a player is penalized but not ejected from a game for fighting. …
Filming Filippo
Clocks, sunsets and towers
Brunelleschi's solution
Filmmaker David
Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing
and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's
Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's
Cupola. This column, which began with …
Filming Filippo
Joy and wonder
Easter in the cathedral
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo
Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began
with …
Filming Filippo
Eye in the sky
View from Giotto's tower
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to
pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's
2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about
the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This
column, which began with …
Filming Filippo
Contemplating the divine
The role of faith in Brunelleschi's work
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo
Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began
with …
Filming Filippo
Hidden spaces, unseen places
A special tour of the Duomo
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book
Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of
Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with …
Filming Filippo
Silk ceilings, wooden spoons
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This …1-15 | 16-21
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