Santa Maria Novella (1456-1470) by Leon Battista Alberti @Florence (13 nov 1456 anni – 22 dic 1470 anni)

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Alberti designed a Renaissance facade for an existing Gothic building.

It was commissioned by the Rucellai family.

Based on a series of mathematical rations:
-Height equal to width.
-Two squares on the lower part.
-Top of the entablature exactly half of the total height etch.

Many classical details - scrolls, pediment, capitals etc.

Some medieval elements - pointed arches of the ground storey and the extensive use of coloured marble.

Not closely based on any Roman building - but the doorway is clearly modelled on the entrance to the Pantheon.

Alberti here deals much more successfully with the problem of a two storey classical facade than he did in Rimini - both storeys are classical in design.

This facade proved very influencial on other Renaissance architects.

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