He wasn't an amateur at all. He was indeed a mathematician and geometrician, he invented one point perspective (still fundamental today) and the planning of the dome took him several years. Good animation in the video but false informations, he worked really hard and was very well known as an architect at the time they gave him this project. It's not that he woke up and build the dome.

@griffon693

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they miss things

@vinaiv6969

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how can anyone assign such a challenging project to an ameture? Thanks for this info

@ozymandias7592

3 жыл бұрын

How to get views and money in 2021? bend the truth. The same trick merchants have been using for thousands of years. seems like without prescience this basic trick will be forever effective.

@craftgames1882

3 жыл бұрын

@@ozymandias7592 *2014

@christianfunintuscany1147

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100%

If Brunelleschi found out you called him an amateur, he'd be throwing eggs at you rn

@forestdeshawn180

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster...

@sulmedici

2 жыл бұрын

Medici?

@CPorter

2 жыл бұрын

he'd balance the narrator's skull on one end and make it stand on it's own.

@johnjones6601

Жыл бұрын

That was my immediate thought! How dare you call this genius an 'amateur!'

@johnjones6601

Жыл бұрын

@@CPorter Hahaha

i climbed on top of it, as Ezio

@juliangau9035

6 жыл бұрын

I climbed on top of it as etzio and as myself

@kenoahkovara4785

6 жыл бұрын

aYYY

@sejfzlrrhman

6 жыл бұрын

I clicked on this video just because it reminded me of AC II.

@shouvikroy3178

6 жыл бұрын

I think it was in the brotherhood..had to kill someone and disguise himself to deliver a box

@GabiN64

6 жыл бұрын

666th like

Imagine how scary it would be to work so high up on a sketchy building lol

@malenotyalc

6 жыл бұрын

A sketchy building that has stood for over half a century...

@johnabnerfronteras

6 жыл бұрын

well you can't really predict if it will last that long from the start.

@cantutuncu5934

6 жыл бұрын

B All95 o

@sandeepmohanty7187

6 жыл бұрын

malenotyalc It's five centuries not half.

@artymowycz

6 жыл бұрын

All in the name of God

This video is very very nice but... Brunelleschi amateur?!? Let's be serious! I am an art historian and I can say undoubtedly Brunelleschi was not an amateur but an architect (and not only), one of the greatest and talented architect in history.

@stefanehrhardt2398

7 жыл бұрын

The term amateur describes a person who had no formal training in a subject. And Brunelleschi had none. Due to little biographical information about his life it is not even clear how he transitioned from his actual profession as a goldsmith to architecture.

@stefanehrhardt2398

7 жыл бұрын

I also know of the smaller dome. And this explains why they trusted him with this project even though he had no working samples speaking for his expertise by that time. This and the fact that he was the only applicant. ^^ Of course he studied architecture in Rome. He most likely worked as a goldsmith there too to make a living while spending his free time studying. But he did it completely on his own. Meaning there has been no professional training involved. He was a self taught architect - an amateur.

@islamsaid5082

7 жыл бұрын

Yea it's weird to call Brunelleschi Amateur

@adolfothemidget

7 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that in Italy during this era, most artisans and craftsmen began their careers as apprentices to Masters, and only upon several years of training and completion of a "master piece" were they elevated. Plus you had strong guilds (cf. unions) with their sets of rules.

@fqidz

6 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who is not an art historian??

I live in Florence, near to the dome, I watch it each and every day, it's so nice and interesting!!

@temporaneo617

6 жыл бұрын

Guzman Tierno siamo in due! É veramente un'opera d'arte

@blanche1935

5 жыл бұрын

Gappie Al Kebabi you?

@parkchimmin7913

5 жыл бұрын

Gappie Al Kebabi ???

@Zzenosg

5 жыл бұрын

@Gappie Al Kebabi lol wtf

@nicolasaguilar5940

5 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous

As an Italian guy, hearing Brunelleschi being called “amateur” sounds like blasphemy to me. Respect for the Italian geniuses

@deer563

Жыл бұрын

It is blasphemy

@3-Kashmir

Жыл бұрын

He was an amateur when you compare him to the Islamic architecture which he copied!

@orangemanbad

Жыл бұрын

@@3-Kashmir definitely didn’t copy. He made it much more beautiful than any Islamic building. The prettiest mosque in all of Islam is the blue mosque in Turkey which they actually stole from the Roman Christian’s when the Muslims invaded the whole of Europe as they pillaged and colonized

@legion999

11 ай бұрын

"Amateur" doesn't mean unskilled

@antoniopinna1086

5 ай бұрын

​@@3-Kashmir😂😂

7 years later. I mean, Brunelleschi clearly didn’t have any experiences. But he studied, his whole life, many architectural books and was also a great mathematician. He was a genius, a prospective master, and you can comprehend this by seeing his magnificent tile showing the Sacrifice of Isaac. Certainly, many aspects of his biography are uncertain and still a mystery. But one thing is sure: he wasn’t just a mere amateur.

I love how he gets an idea candle instead of an idea bulb :)

@bulletboy6572

3 жыл бұрын

In medici (Netflix series) he gets the idea from an egg shell

@16olsii

3 жыл бұрын

@@bulletboy6572 i guess he's referring to the light bulb modern people get when they figure things out or have a great idea. Back then they didn't have light bulbs so the animation of that was a candle.

@bulletboy6572

3 жыл бұрын

@@16olsii ohh, alright, that’s smart

@bulletboy6572

3 жыл бұрын

@@16olsii I thought he was referring to the shape of the dome

@zoecentenaje6860

3 жыл бұрын

it's probably because light bulb hasn't yet been invented in 1418

The 'secret' is not one anymore. He interlocked the bricks in a 'fishbone' pattern that avoided the bricks to fall down under their own weight before the dome was completed. A genius design indeed. I am amazed that the dome is still standing today. Surely the most beautiful basilica in the world.

@Gigapixels

9 ай бұрын

what is fishbone pattern can you send me a link? thanks

@thomascaprio5589

5 ай бұрын

I believe you meant herringbone pattern. Fishbone is completely different my friend.

@bodawei425

5 ай бұрын

@@thomascaprio5589You are right. I saw this in a video that was saying the bricks of the dome were arranged in a fishbone pattern. After checking, it is Herringbone pattern. Thanks for pointing out this mistake! 🙂

I climbed the Duomo when I was in Florence. You go in between the two shells on a tight curving staircase. It was incredible 😍

I'm getting an Assassin's Creed flashback right now.

@felixfelicis51

10 жыл бұрын

Climbed it countless times.

@vwvwvvvw4519

6 жыл бұрын

I feel you

@Dr.Geeves

5 жыл бұрын

Tropico myself. At least, for the narrator's voice.

I got to see this a few months ago in real life. I had no idea how revolutionary this dome was or that it was the largest, but let me tell you that in person you would be left with no doubts that it is the largest. That thing is HUGE. And you can barely even make out a human silhouette when people are at the top. Truly an Italian masterpiece that joins the plethora of all the other marvels of the old Italian world.

FYI: if you get paid for the job, then you're not an amateur by definition. you're a professional.

@xitizzz

6 жыл бұрын

amateur - a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity, from dictionary.com. Here they meant this meaning as he had no formal training in architecture. Do a bit more research before pointing out a mistake.

@jamie_2314

6 жыл бұрын

Karpov Liam is

@SandroRocchi

6 жыл бұрын

If he had built domes professionally before, he'd be a professional. Since he was hired for a job he didn't do, he was an amateur.

@Del-Canada

5 жыл бұрын

As pointed out "amateur" doesn't necessarily mean unpaid. It could simply mean unskilled or low skilled, or inexperienced. Or in my case, I am an unpaid professional KZread commenter.

@Del-Canada

5 жыл бұрын

If you watched the video you would see that he got paid.

I've seen this, and ran the stairs to the top. It's an amazing feat of design and assembly that protects an equally beautiful interior.

Italian here, she mispronounced every italian word....why the fake accent?

@redapple360

6 жыл бұрын

Not italian here. It was nice lol.

@Memorax

6 жыл бұрын

Bummer that shes not actually italian but i gotta say i did enjoy the accent as a non italian

@giacomo9650

6 жыл бұрын

sorry to broke the dream...

@Broockle

5 жыл бұрын

.....so you'd rather have her not even try? I dun understand

@jhonbards2218

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps its not an Italian accent?

It feels unreal until you see it with your own eyes, I played Assasin's Creed and 7 years later I visited Florence. The sheer size of the building is overwhelming and to top it off, the detailed designs unknowingly keep your mouth wide open. 'Florence, for me is the world's best city.'

Any other fans of he show Medici: Masters of Florence here? I know the show is far from a documentary but the dome and Brunelleschi are featured as major things

Um gênio. Maravilhoso!

It was an absolute marvel to see his masterpiece in person over the summer.

Maravilloso ejemplo de ingeniería y arquitectura, entonadas dentro la armonía de las formas y la belleza de la perfección, propuesta por un extraordinario genio

I love Italian artists, wish to see more of them in our modern times to witness more groundbreaking pieces of art.

The very best explanation and sketch of the dome .

I want more clips like this!!! This was amazing!!!!

Una manera sencilla y agradable para entender que tras estos importantes monumentos siempre existio ingenio, paciencia y visión..!

This video explains to us that we don't understand "How an Amateur Built the World's Biggest Dome" even though the title is "How an Amateur Built the World's Biggest Dome"

@mbartelsm

6 жыл бұрын

It's how as in "how it was built", not how as in "how an amateur achieved such a feat." Both uses are correct

@nicosmind3

6 жыл бұрын

Miguel Bartelsman but it fails at even that. Click bait or what. Thumbs down

@Bibiisachildkiller

3 жыл бұрын

Well the video is not giving all the details, probably it means how he achieved the way how he built it or how come it resists after 500 years, if you don't want to stay ignorant just learn, don't criticize

Geniuses in every generation. This was great. Thanks for posting it.

Great video, more architecture content please! :)

I remember being taught there was an iron chain at the base of the dome. The integration of metal and masonry was the innovation behind the dome. The problem is not the dome itself but the outward forces at its base. There would be a tremendous force from the weight from the beginning of construction and the horizontal element of that weight would push out the walls supporting the dome. Not to take away from the dome's actual construction but the use of the metal with the higher tensile strength would be a precursor for modern architecture and larger domes.

Italians are so creative and artistic with everything they make

@refink33

10 жыл бұрын

even their debt !!

@servodolio

10 жыл бұрын

The etymology of the word bank is "banco": the Italian ancient word for "table". The bank was invented in Florence in the fourteenth century. Can I tell you what there was elsewhere in 1300?

@JokaHize

7 жыл бұрын

They make a mean spaghetti bolognese dish. *kisses fingers*

@sinisterdomain7194

7 жыл бұрын

thats because we're the best of the best

@edthoreum7625

6 жыл бұрын

germans had bach & kant as well as hitler, italians had great of everything as well as fabulous mafia,wtf!

Totally mind blowing construction. Thanks for the excellent video.

thankyou for bringing this inspirational piece to us natgeo

What we Italians did in our history is just incredible 🇮🇹

In 500 years people will wonder how a big tower built in 16 years can just fit 3 minutes of KZread. A wonder.

I absolutely love this story. The fact that they still don't know exactly how he did it makes it even better

I love how they tell this story❤️❤️

"We cant explain today" literally explains it...

@VictorbrineSC

5 жыл бұрын

Literally doesn't explain how he COULD use those techniques

@mavenfeliciano1710

4 жыл бұрын

Depends which part.

@mavenfeliciano1710

4 жыл бұрын

Victorbrine Cassini Act 2 depends which part.

Wonderfully illustrated.

@wheelbarrow0104

Жыл бұрын

I love how your first to this MASSIVELY blown up video, and you comment thus

Such a great and very informative video!

Astonished with amazement with this engineering genius.

Please, don't call Brunelleschi an amateur

@marianabernardes8931

7 жыл бұрын

but he was at the time

@TIZNYC

7 жыл бұрын

He was though.

@DBT1007

6 жыл бұрын

Brunelleschi an amateur

@DA-bm2mj

6 жыл бұрын

do you people really not know what the words "amateur" and "professional" mean? if a person gets hired by a client/employer and gets paid for the job, then this person is a professional by definition!

@sinoroman

6 жыл бұрын

had ideas ahead of his time, yet called amateur lol

Wow this is legendary

@astroflight6571

6 жыл бұрын

Italy was bombed by the British, Germans and Americans... yet the dome survived.

@damnalltoall3399

6 жыл бұрын

Astroflight because allies did not target that have historic values..

This was helpful. We are doing a schoolwork on the Renaissance this is useful thank you.

I loved the candle in place of the light bulb, nice little detail

As an architecture Engginering student, I now he is not amateur. What a masterpiece

Make Italy Great Again!

Absolutely love the animation!

Loved it and I also love domes!

When I went up there i was truly amazed how he did it

And then the Renaissance era began.

@Zzenosg

5 жыл бұрын

Renaissance altready started in Brunelleschi era smh...

@jonajo9757

3 жыл бұрын

The 12th century renaissance: Am I a joke to you?

Wow a true genius with no formal training, this is really inspiring but also everyone knows not anyone could do what he did

Loved it and the commentary So subscribed

Altho I get why they used the word amateur. It’s just.... the guy is (arguable) the bloody father of the renaissance, calling him a amateur just under plays all his other achievements of which is many, the guy was a genius.

@masterprattu

3 жыл бұрын

How will they get views then?

@TrangDB9

3 жыл бұрын

It's an insult.

reminds me of an xkcd strip with the quote "Some engineer out there has solved P=NP and it's locked up in an electric eggbeater calibration routine. For every 0x5f375a86 we learn about, there are thousands we never see."

very motivational and inspiring!!!

So beautiful video , thanks National Geographic

Hey someone had to invent new ways of building these structures. I think it's awesome that someone with a fertile imagination, can create such groundbreaking methodologies.

I was in florance last year ^^

I have been to the beloved Duomo. I have climed the steps to the top. Yes there are places where you can see the inner dome as you scale round and round the staircase. Firenze is one of my favorite places in the world. Stayed a week there and roamed the streets, the Pitti Palace, the Ufizzi, Academia..... Ahhh Italia

This is a great video even that I don't agree with you on some points. Brunelleschi was a genius and his imagination included many fields as Engineering, Mathematics, Architecture. Good video and thanks for sharing.

He had help from the Aliens known as the 'dome-a-trons'

@panduwidagdo7051

6 жыл бұрын

It is. I watched it in History Channel. Can't be a lie.

@rogerdiogo6893

6 жыл бұрын

"The Government build that, he did not build that on his own". Barack Obama!

@mobspeak

6 жыл бұрын

No, he had help from de pyramid builders, dey wuz kangz!

@os2171

6 жыл бұрын

Totally, Europeans those days did not have the necessary technology!

@johnabnerfronteras

6 жыл бұрын

some one must have had shown him da wae

why the unnecessary italian accent?

@modgal

6 жыл бұрын

Santiago Gutierrez and not even a real Italian accent!

@pedromeneses5661

5 жыл бұрын

Unnecessary but pleasant to hear nonetheless. She has a calming voice

@nicolasblume1046

5 жыл бұрын

That was supposed to be Italian? 😂

@jasondashney

5 жыл бұрын

Whassa madda for yew? You no lika da accent? It's a me, Mario!

@pedromeneses5661

5 жыл бұрын

@@nicolasblume1046 Mamma mia!

Brilliant !!! Very, very interesting.

amazing! I cannot immagine it he is really good

next mr.beast video : breaking the world record for largest dome using 1 billion legoes

@JustGeorgeGG

3 жыл бұрын

No

@ashtonhashbrown6155

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustGeorgeGG it something he would do tho

@JustGeorgeGG

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashtonhashbrown6155 that's the sad part

@dearkis1927

3 жыл бұрын

Bruhhh

He was NOT an amateur, also shout-out to Cosimo de Medici.

truly amazing

Great artwork!

I love her accent :-)

@salman.sheikh

6 жыл бұрын

Gabor Kecskes let's keep it at 69. :P

@ToddKeck98

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a German or French accent to me.

@laughhyena240

6 жыл бұрын

sounds like romanian

@karim1485

6 жыл бұрын

Neither French nor German at all! Maybe Italian!? But definitely not German and French

@blue_cameron

6 жыл бұрын

Gabor Kecskes it's fake

He adopted a brick laying technique used by the Persians and imported in Venice. Historians state that he had consultants, and in this case most likely a Persian mason expat that showed him how to lay bricks in complex geometric patterns. His knowledge as a clock maker allowed him to comprehend and apply the complex method that was otherwise unknown in Europe at the time.

@firstladt8787

6 жыл бұрын

So he was able to build the biggest dome in the world but somehow didnt know how to lay brick ? GTFOH

@laughingman3777

6 жыл бұрын

First Ladt like it was stated, he was not an architect or a builder by training or trade. He was, however, very intelligent and highly industrious in his vision. As such he acquired the knowledge from any sources he could, in this case, Persians.

@eldifly

6 жыл бұрын

he lived years in Rome studying anciant roman buildings, so i don't think he took his knowledg from the persians, more like from the romans

@garywheeler7039

5 жыл бұрын

There is more than one architect in that time that were goldsmiths. Perhaps goldsmiths could be trusted because they worked with gold and there were ways to make sure they weren't stealing even if it was tempting. It was a technical and artistic field that required thought and planning and the trust of wealthy people. One had to be a nerd that could be trusted, knew their stuff. and knew when they were getting over their head, and didn't exceed their depth. This kept out charlatans, fools, sociopaths, liars, thieves from the profession. It kept out Trumps.

@laottawaienne8221

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I'd like to learn more about this theory ; I've never heard it before and I can't find any source after a quick search in Google and also an academic database. Where did you hear about this?

This vid has some beautifull animations! wow!

Tomorrow's my history exam and guess what,, i was stuck on this topic! Saw this on my feed just now.. what a coincidence😂NatGeo saved me again.. yaay!!❤

He turned out to be a master, not an amateur.

@vekkdrums

3 жыл бұрын

he was never an amateur in the first place. he invented point perspective, he was a mathematician and a master architect. Idk why they call him amateur in this video.

Italian Genius 万歳！

Thank you... that was very interesting. It would be nice to see direct size comparison's with some of the other big domes ( Saint Sofia, St Paul's, the Roman one...) , as the height of the Florence dome makes it look less imposing than it really is.

@blupdaboloh

6 жыл бұрын

japeking1 Compared to St. Paul's dome is almost the same (I don't remember which one is the bigger but the difference is very small)

I always wonder how to build the dome. This video solved my question. He was a great genius. I really want to be Florence again and I climb on top whatever it takes.

Brunelleschi built this without having taken any architecture studies, and today i cannot run a counselling office in a school because i haven't taken a super expensive 4 years long study AFTER i DID take a master degree in psychology, 1000 hours of unpaid internships and a final huge qualifying exam that only exists in Italy and nowhere else in the world. Italy hasn't learnt from its past.

@Foc4ccin4

8 жыл бұрын

+E Lisa Brunelleschi IS the first engineer/architect in modern history and he did take extensive studies. You should learn from Brunelleschi and study!

@ELisa-qf2mw

8 жыл бұрын

+Foc4ccin4 he must have studied a lot by himself but he didn't have anything like a degree, if it even existed. the video, thus Nat geo says so, not me!

@Foc4ccin4

8 жыл бұрын

E Lisa You first comment said: "Brunelleschi built this without having taken any architecture studies" which is false, he indeed studied roman architecture and engineering. "he must have studied a lot by himself but he didn't have anything like a degree, if it even existed." It didn't exist but he did study nonetheless.

@aaroncowan8475

8 жыл бұрын

+E Lisa save your sob story

@hedleylara

7 жыл бұрын

...actually the video said wrong because degrees in modern way didn't exist in that time but that doesn't mean architects and co. have no knowledge and competence, so it 's an error and is very naive draw a parallel between Brunelleschi time and contemporary studies or universities (the fact the dome still stands after centuries proves Brunelleschi was an architect). :)

2:25 Crazy when the worker rebelled and attacked the King WITH A BRICK!

@pixelariumoriginal3529

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated.

wowww!!! excelente video!!

AMAZING! :)

Gosh, it was built 600 years ago

"No formal architecture training" ... mmmm this was the Renaissance. There were no specialized 'architects' unlike we do now, but at that time you studied mathematics, art, architecture etc in one... Calling Brunelleschi, the genius mathematician/engineer of the Renaissance, an 'amateur' is too much of a stretch

i realy feel that the narrator did an equally beautiful job ...........

I got mesmerized by the narration.

Yup, sure looks like an "amateur". It was the 15th century, by modern standards no one back then had "formal architecture training", engineering was taught by experience. There weren't even modern universities at that point, all they could study was the highly advanced Arabic architecture or reverse-engineering Roman buildings with 1500 years. In no way was he an amateur, the dude spent all his life studying mathematics and engineering. Plus he had already been the lead architect of an earlier building. We might argue he had no pre-defined idea how to build a dome of these dimensions, but that's because no one in Europe else had either.

More impressive than anything modern architects have achieved

@zebposada

3 жыл бұрын

Thank the Bauhaus for all the uglyness in modern cities.

@WhatWillCome

8 ай бұрын

by far....

Wow great engineering, praise to her..

Good job!

Nat Geo has stooped to hire fake-accent-makers(suggestions for alternative titles are welcome) to make their videos feel more "genuine"...

@h00db01i

5 жыл бұрын

_actors_ and thus your comment is senseless

@the-first-liam

3 жыл бұрын

I find the narration too annoying to finish the video

Anyone here after watching Medici: Masters of Florence

It's beautiful to read the name of my great professor Salvatore Di Pasquale, a magnificent architect that spent half of his career as a researcher to discover the secret of the dome. A Genius in his field and a great teacher for thousands.

And to this day it is a beauty to be admired 😍😍

"Methods they don't fully understand today" they do. They have been doing so for hundreds of years. It's called a chain model. You get acouple chains and just hang them upside down. The shape you get is the ideal shape for transfering weight down when you flip the chain upside down.

@johnprentice4035

Жыл бұрын

That is called a catenary. Well understood for a long time.

That’s the guy Cósimo Di Medici hired, not an expert but I never thought Brunelleschi was an amateur? And many will agree.

@Zzenosg

5 жыл бұрын

Cosimo*, dei*

I've been there 1 month ago, I've been in Tuscany for 3 weeks, and as soon as I so the thumbnail, I knew it was about Florence! ^^

Bravo Filippo...!!! Bravo...!

Nat Geo is speaking down to the public as if we were little kids.

@bubba6755

5 жыл бұрын

Your arrogance makes you a kid

He was Italian, that was enough. Bravissimo.

I climbed the stairs up to the top of the Duomo, it was tiring but the view was amazing. You can actually see the herringbone placement of the bricks on the wall as you go up.

Tak to zrobiono! :)