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Loggia dei Lanzi [Loggia dei Priori], Florence, by Benci di Cione & Simone Talenti, 1376-81
Firenze, no 24
Palazzo Pitti, original façadeBates Lowry, Renaissance Architecture (London 1968 [New York 1962]), fig 14
Palazzo Medici section & plansection & plan
Fine Arts 172/ F632/ 3MED/ PLAN/ 3; RE20.44.72; 172/
F632/ 3MED/ PLAN/ 4; RE20.44.73
Palazzo Medici, courtyard
Fine Arts 172/F632/3MED/ EXT/ 12; RE 20.44.65; L H Heydenreich & Wolfgang Lotz , Architecture in Italy 1400 to 1600 (Harmondsworth [Middlesex] 1974), pl 11
Leon Battista Alberti (1404Leon Battista Alberti (1404--1472)1472)(( ))
from an exiled Florentine familyfrom an exiled Florentine familyfrom an exiled Florentine familyfrom an exiled Florentine familystudied Latin, Greek & lawstudied Latin, Greek & law
i t t d i h i & th tii t t d i h i & th tiinterested in physics & mathematicsinterested in physics & mathematicsa papal officiala papal official
treatise on painting, treatise on painting, Della PitturaDella Pittura (1436)(1436)architectural work from c 1440architectural work from c 1440architectural work from c 1440architectural work from c 1440
De Re AedificatoriaDe Re Aedificatoria [On Building], 1452[On Building], 1452
Architecture is a great thing, which cannot be undertaken by all. One must have intelligence, and
persevering zeal, the best knowledge and long practice, and above all grave and severe judgement
and counsel to succeed in the profession of architect. For in matters of building the first glory of all is to
judge well that which is fitting. To build, in fact, is a necessity. To build conveniently responds to
necessity and utility, but to build so that one is praised by men of glory and not criticized by the frugal, can only come from, the ability of a learned, wise and
judicious artist.Johnson, 'Leon Battista Alberti', pp 49-50
Vitruvius & architectural theoryVitruvius & architectural theory
Vitruvius’s text discovered by Poggio in 1415Vitruvius s text discovered by Poggio in 1415
Vitruvius: utilitas, firmitas, venustas(function structure & beauty)(function, structure & beauty)
concinnitas universarum partium(harmony and concord in all the parts )(harmony and concord in all the parts )
Alberti refers to ‘temples’ and ‘gods’
f i l d l l lfavours circular and polygonal plans
mathematical harmonic proportions
a harmony and concord of all the parts ... fitted together ... so that nothing could be added or subtracted except for g p
the worse'
F C h d lFerrara Cathedral,view, & detail of the
campanile
Borsi, Alberti, the CompleteWorks, pp 22, 23
L i R ll i Fl b Alb ti ?1450Loggia Rucellai, Florence, by Alberti, ?1450sinset: Loggia dei Lanzi Miles LewisFirenze, no 24
A h f A tArch of Augustus, Rimini, 27 BC
W L MacDonald, The Architecture of the Roman Empire. II. An Urban
Appraisal (New Haven [Connecticut]Appraisal (New Haven [Connecticut] 1986), p 85
Tempio Malatestianode' Pasti's medal
reconstruction of Alberti's schemeBorsi, Alberti, the Complete Works, pp 95, 100
Tempio Malatestiano: Plan & sectionPlan & section
Fine Arts C91.1.8; 172/R576/2fr/plan;172/R576/2fr/plan;
C91.1.9; Icarus AT010 1990
Palazzo Rucellai Florence façade by Alberti ?1452 / 1470Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, façade by Alberti, ?1452- / 1470 suggested reconstruction of originally proposed façade; view
Borsi, Alberti, the Complete Works, p 52; MUAS 9861
Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, , ,façade by Alberti, ?1452-
1470view & elevationview & elevation
MUAS 9861 ; Borsi, Alberti, the Complete Works, p 53
Fresco of the Arts, with the plans of Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, by Il Pomarancio [Christoforno Roncalli]
Fine Arts RE20.46.12
Santa Maria N llNovella
proportions of the façade, as analysed by
Borsi
Franco Borsi LeonFranco Borsi, Leon Battista Alberti (Oxford
1987), p 84
attic c 1200
arcading early C11th
zebrazebrastripingpossibly
C13thC13th
comparison of ordonnancecomparison of ordonnanceSanta Maria Novella and the Baptistery of San Giovanni
Miles Lewis
Tomb of San Petronio, or Santo Sepulcro [the HolySepulcro [the Holy
Sepulchre], Cappella Rucellai in San
Pancrazio 1460Pancrazio, 1460-1472
Fine Arts 172A/A332/2C; 96.10007.02
San Sebastiano, Mantua, by Alberti, 1460-72 [not completed until 1529, restored 1925]
Fine Arts 172/M291/2se; C6-82 B55
the 'Etruscan Temple' ofTemple of
Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria, woodcut from
Bartoli's edition of 15501550
Borsi, Alberti, the Complete Works, p 148
San Sebastiano: Wittkower'sWittkower's
reconstruction of the façade as
originally proposed
Borsi, Alberti, the Complete Works, p 154, p
San Sebastiano, proposed scheme, compared with the Cappella p p p ppPazzi, Florence, by Brunelleschi & Guiliano da Maiano, 1443-61
Brian Lewis
San Sebastiano, proposed scheme, compared with the p p ptriumphal arch at Orange, France, c 30 BC
Miles Lewis
Sant' Andrea, Mantua, by y
Alberti, 1470-72 [not completed
til 1481]until 1481]
Bruce Boucher [ed], Andrea Palladio: the Architect in his TimeArchitect in his Time
(Abbeville Press, New York 1998), p 170
Pienza plans of the piazza
and the town
Fine Arts 172/P614/1: 86 10 4Fine Arts 172/P614/1: 86.10.4Icarus AT 095:1990
Palazzo StrozziPalazzo Strozzi, Florence, by Benedetto a
Maiano from 1489, l t d b Il Ccompleted by Il Cronaca,
1539: close view
Fine Arts 172/F632 SQ/ 3/ (1)Fine Arts 172/F632 SQ/ 3/ (1)
Palazzo Strozzi: half elevations, with and without the corniceFine Arts 172/F632/ 3STR / 20; RE20.46.42
Palazzo Strozzi: cornice
Fine Arts 172/F632/ 3STR / 11; RE20.46.29 Fletcher, A History of
Architecture [1961 ed], p 885