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Sculpture and architecture are central to the cultural development of Renaissance Florence. Like chapels, palaces, and cathedrals, sculpture was used to express the wealth, power and piety of the city's leading patrons and guilds. Learn about the brilliant innovations of Brunelleschi, his friend Donatello and other leading artists that helped define the Renaissance.

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