Arnolfo di Cambio, Santa Maria del Fiore

I think this beautiful design by Arnolfo di Cambio is architecture at its best. This piece takes me out of the 21st century and into the 13th century. I can hear the church bells and smell the smells of all that was 13th century Italy; all that was considered the good life in those days. Is it not the job of the artist to captivate the imagination of the audience, and take them to a place that transcends the limitations of the finite plane of everyday existence? Look at this piece and be carried back in time.