| Italian artist Bernardo Rossellino combined elements of architecture and sculpture when he created the tomb of Leonardo Bruni, a prominent Florentine humanist. Rossellino also evoked the grandeur of classical antiquity by borrowing elements such as the imperial Roman eagles seen directly below Bruni, as well as his crown of laurel. Bruni and his followers admired the republican government of ancient Rome and encouraged the citizens of Florence and other Italian city-states to adopt a new patriotism based on the Roman model. The tomb, begun in 1444, is in the Church of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. |
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