Facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

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The Facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence is a landmark Renaissance church front renowned for its harmonious classical proportions, geometric marble inlays, and innovative integration of Gothic and Renaissance elements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance architecture ⓘ
church facade ⓘ
architect Leon Battista Alberti ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella ⓘ
city Florence ⓘ
combines Gothic elements ⓘ
Renaissance elements ⓘ
commissionedBy Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars
constructionCompleted 1470s ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
depicts Christian iconography in sculptural details ⓘ
faces Piazza Santa Maria Novella ⓘ
hasFeature Latin inscription frieze ⓘ
central rose window ⓘ
classical orders ⓘ
entablature ⓘ
geometric marble inlays ⓘ
horizontal entablature unifying lower and upper levels ⓘ
marble roundels ⓘ
pediment ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
pointed-arch portal ⓘ
scroll-shaped volutes ⓘ
sun emblem of the Rucellai family ⓘ
hasLowerPartFrom 14th century ⓘ
hasUpperPartFrom 15th century ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
heritageDesignationOf Historic Centre of Florence ⓘ
influenced later Renaissance church facades in Italy ⓘ
influencedBy Florentine Gothic architecture ⓘ
classical Roman architecture ⓘ
knownFor harmonious classical proportions ⓘ
influential Renaissance facade design ⓘ
innovative integration of Gothic and Renaissance forms ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Santa Maria Novella, Florence ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
materialUsed green marble ⓘ
polychrome marble inlay ⓘ
white marble ⓘ
orientation west-facing ⓘ
partOf Basilica of Santa Maria Novella ⓘ
patron Giovanni Rucellai ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic ⓘ

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Leon Battista Alberti → designed → Facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence ⓘ
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai → patronOf → façade of Santa Maria Novella ⓘ
linked to: Facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence