COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Palazzo Rucellai
Image View:
The east door, depicting left jamb, with profile view of building base
Creator:
Bernardo Rossellino (Italian architect, 1409-1464); Leon Battista Alberti (Italian architect, 1404-1472)
Location:
site: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Location Note:
16 Via della Vigna Nuova
GPS:
+43.771345+11.249120
Date:
ca. 1453 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
palazzo
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; pilaster
Description:
The innovative façade of the Palazzo Rucellai, was probably begun around 1453 under the supervision of Bernardo Rossellino. As was customary in Florentine practice, the façade was grafted on to a number of pre-existing houses. The key innovation of the Palazzo Rucellai façade lies in the application to the three storeys of superimposed orders of pilasters. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-AL-PR-B2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Palazzo Rucellai
