Santa Maria Novella. Alberti.

  













BASIC INFORMATION


- Author: Leon Battista Alberti.

- Title: Santa María Novella.

- Year: 1456-1470 (Facade)

- Style: Gothic-Renaissance (Facade)

- Technique: Marble sculpture.

-  Location: Santa Maria Novella square, 
Florence, Italy.

-  General description:
 The Santa María Novella basilic is one of the most important and beautifull churcs in Florence and in the all world. It is mostly built by marmol, the construction finished in 1470 and his architect is Leon Battista Alberti (Facade).


This basilic is Santa María Novella basilic, is situated in Florence and his architect is Alberti.
Santa María Novella is a renaissance (facade) and it was created between 1456 and 1470.


Santa María Novella is a basilic or churc that it was created by stone, exactly by marmol.
His plan is a basilican latin cross, with a very high snd wide central nave  and two aisles minor, a normal plan of a church.
Inside of the church has a pointed arches because the style of inside is gothic and in the facade it has a semicircular arch.
In relation with vaults and domes I can not explain nothing because I explain the renaissance and the vaults and domes are from Gothic.
It has a good light inside because It has a lot of windows of colours.
The function of Santa María Novella is the same that a normal church, ordinary worship.

The inside of Santa María Novella is ghotic and when this part was finished it need a facade but renaissance, the architech chosen was Alberti but there was a lot of architech like Miguel Ángel, Brunelleshi or Bramantino.
This in the quattrocento and this time was very important for the reinaissance culture.
Some of other architecture are Palace of Medici Riccardi or villa capra.

Finally I can say that Santa María Novella is a very importart renaissance churc in Florence and in all world, also his architech, Alberti, was one of the best architechs in the renaissance, the material used was marmol, a very strong stone.
With this basilic and other it was possible set the renaissance in Italy specially.