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Question 1 (250 words) What were the primary architectural problems faced in the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore and how did Brunelleschi solve them? (I exclude the design of construction machines from this question.)Question 2 (500-700 words) How does Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” make use of methods he described in “The Artist’s Course of Study”? (You might wish to take into consideration the deterioration of the fresco, but this does not affect perspective.)Question 3 (500-700 words total) a How does Galileo make use of assumptions about his readers’ personal experience and understanding of visual representation in Siderius Nuncius?b How does Galileo use his observations to argue against Ptolemaic and Aristotelian astronomical systems? (Aristotle’s explanation is physical, Ptolemy’s is mathematical, but both are geocentric.)List references and sources for each question including the primary texts.
