https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/257e3eecb25b96e3a0f2ede3465db414.jpg 2fd4be45cb247fd4c2a4829be33cfec9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Façade of Santa Maria Novella Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leon Battista Alberti Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1470 Description An account of the resource Santa Maria Novella (New St. Mary) is a famous gothic church in Florence, Italy. The church's construction began around 1278 and was completed in 1350. The early Rennaisance-era façade of the church was completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470 ("Santa Maria Novella:.."). To this day, the marble façade by Alberti remains as one of the most well-known works of early Italian Renaissance architecture. Alberti took a great amount of inspiration from the Parthenon for the top section. The use of white marble, as well, pays homage to ancient Greek architecture. The attention to harmony on the façade, at the time, stood out from other, old-style, churches in Florence. Despite its simple look at first glance, there are many complex parts that come together to form an elegant unit at the end. The Greek-inspired column, for example, are spaced out according to exact values ("Santa Maria Novella."). The small arches are all identical in height and their placings are symmetrical. The main door is in the middle and everything else revolves around it. Just like Brunelleschi's architecture, the proportions were calculated according to the golden ratio and geometrical rules. Alberti, besides being an artist and a craftsman, was a classicist, poet, scientist, and mathematician. Artists like Alberti and Brunelleschi were getting praised and acknowledged for their artistic contributions to society. The "Renaissance Man", as Alberti put it, was a man who could do as he willed. Consequently, Santa Maria Novella marks a significant change in the transition from the Gothic era to the Renaissance ("Renaissance Man"). References: "Renaissance Man." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed November 18, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/ "Santa Maria Novella." Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed November 18, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/ "Santa Maria Novella: Church and Cloisters." The Museums of Florence. Accessed November 18, 2018. http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/santa_maria_novella-cloist.html. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Santa_Maria_Novella.jpg Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kaan Taskintuna Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource (CC BY-SA 3.0), Free to share with appropriate credit