Collection of Models
Light hoist
Palazzina Uzielli, Building site machinery section
Project and realization:
Ladislao Reti, Federico Antonello, Nino Terreni, 1964
Model from:
Leonardo da Vinci, Codice Atlantico, f.105b v
Bonaccorso Ghiberti, B.R. 228, ff. 95r, 98v
Wood, iron, cotton threads, stone
cm 101 x 72 x 43,5
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Description:
Devised by Filippo Brunelleschi for lifting lighter loads, the light hoist was used in the building of the cupola of Florence’s Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore.