"Culture’s politics under authoritarian rule: Soviet civilizationism and the case of the humanities during the Stalin era" (CUPOLA) is a four-year long research project funded by the Kone Foundation.

Beal bought the property in 2021 and his plans for the home include a dome structure called a cupola, according to filings with the town. His plans call for a house with a 65-foot-tall cupola ...

He claimed that Brunelleschi, through “ignorance and presumption,” had deviated from the original plans for the cupola, which was therefore “spoiled and put in danger of ruin.” Giovanni ...