medici appreciation month: one location
→ santa maria del fiore (and more importantly, The Dome™)
- have you considered why the old florentines built a cathedral so enormous no one could complete it? - it was folly. their ambition exceeded their ability. - they knew it was impossible. the cathedral is too grand, too glorious. - if they knew it could not be completed, why build it? - because they had dreams, cosimo. that god would produce future generations clever enough to realize those dreams. - that could be me, father, if i apply myself to my drawings. - it could be you. but not with your drawings. the dome will not be completed by an artist or an architect. it will be completed by a man who can marshal the vast resources needed to accomplish the task. a man of great wealth and power.
