![]() ![]() ![]() I had wanted to read this for years and couldn't justify the expenditure (was I sufficiently interested in a mid-century kids' book on Bruneschelli's dome? Not at those prices, mama mia!), so I picked up Pippo the Fool from The Paperback Exchange when I was last in Florence as a consolation book and souvenir ( The Paperback Exchange is like 1 block from the duomo - a nice little escape from the maddening tourist hoardes. I felt this extra content was necessary, and it's here in Rockwell's book. With the proper backstory and context, the ridicule seems even more unjust. In Pippo the Fool, we only get the dismissed and mocked Filippo. Filippo's impressive and wonderous work as a goldsmith is depicted and described, as is his backstory. This is the stronger, more complete, probably more accurate of the two books, and is definitely for an older reader - the illustrations (dove tail joints, bridging sutures, etc.) are technical rather than entertaining. ![]() ![]() (I would recommend Pippo the Fool for the 4 to 6/7 year old audience - this book, Filippo's Dome demands greater attention spans, interest in the minutia of engineering and architectural details and historical background). Speed-read it, since I know the abridged story from Pippo the Fool, which is far less detailed. ![]()
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