Architect and engineer filippo brunelleschi won the right to complete the dome by saying that he wouldn 't need any internal scaffolding , which was unbelievable in that age .

建筑师、工程师filippobrunelleschi被准许不用内部脚手架去完成那座圆顶，这在那个时代（15世纪）是不可思议的事。

The vanishing point may have been known to the greeks and romans but had been lost until filippo brunelleschi rediscovered the principles of linear or " mathematical " perspective early in the 15th century .

希腊人和罗马人可能早已会使用这种消灭点的概念，但后来失传，一直到15世纪初意大利的布鲁内莱斯基才再度发现透视画法的直线或「数学」规则。