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 Leon Battista Alberti - Great Buildings Online
Maria Novella, at Florence, Italy, 1456 to 1470.
Leon Battista Alberti was born in Genoa in 1404.
The facade of Santa Maria Novella (1458-71) is considered his greatest achievement since it allows the pre-existing and newly added parts of the building to merge into a clear statement of his new principles.
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 Santa Maria Novella --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Between 1491 and 1502 he did much of the decorative carving in the church of Santa Maria Novella and in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
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 Florence Art Guide - The Basilica of S. Maria Novella
Santa Maria Novella is chronologically the first of the great Florentine basilicas.
Its name, "Novella", comes from the fact that it was built on the site of a 9th century oratory, called Santa Maria delle Vigne, which had already been enlarged in 1094.
In 1221 this church and the surrounding area was assigned to the Dominican monks, who immediately began to transform it.
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 Measuring the Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
According to Wilke, he was already participating in a study abroad program in Rome when he received an email that was sent to all of the landscape architecture and architecture majors who would be in Rome for the spring semester that mentioned the project.
Now, the research group is in the process of recording the data that should lead to a precise understanding of the design and construction of the Santa Maria Novella.
They are planning to produce a monograph of their results, including measured drawings and an analysis of the structural system of the building, in the general context of the evolution of gothic architecture.
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 Basilica di Santa Maria Novella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was built on the site of the 10th-century Dominican oratory of Santa Maria delle Vigne.
The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, as imagined in this hand-coloured engraving by Martin Heemskerck (1498 - 1574), has the "old-fashioned" look of Santa Maria Novella and other Italian quattrocento churches of the previous generation.
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 Hotel Santa Maria Novella - 4 Star Hotel - Centro Storico - Florence
The Staff of Santa Maria Novella Hotel are always at your disposal for planning a journey in Florence or one day excursions in Tuscany.
Situated in one of the most important squares of Florence, the Hotel Santa Maria Novella is 200 metres from the Station (Santa Maria Novella) and
The most famous monuments are all within walking distance and the Piazza di Santa Maria Novella borders on the luxurious shopping streets, the
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 Santa Maria Novella - Hotels - compare prices, reviews and buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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 Santa Maria Novella - Cologne di Santa Maria Novella - eLUXURY
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Not surprisingly, Santa Maria Novella created its most precious fragrance for the woman who captured the world.
Centuries later, Santa Maria Novella is the only Florentine monastery pharmacy that continues to apply time-honored recipes and techniques to prepare its fabulously luxurious creams, soaps, floral waters, and scents.
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 Santa Maria Novella, Florence | MyTravelGuide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The left side of the facade which leads to the cloisters of S. Maria Novella.
The most important and interesting objects of art are to be found in the chapels of the prized and famous families.
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 Hotel Santa Maria Novella - Florence - Hotel Santa Maria Novella reviews - TripAdvisor
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 Hotel Santa Maria Novella. Florence, Italy - Discounted rates at bookings.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The prestigious position, the refined comfort, the tradition of Florentine hospitality and an artistic culture are the ingredients which give Hotel Santa Maria Novella its unique and fascinating atmosphere.
Situated in one of the most important piazzas of Florence's historical centre and the result of, and not only a mere interior design project but an accurate restoration, the hotel has the pleasure of offering its clients the modern service, in concert with an incomparable view of the splendid Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.
The talented work of a designer of international calibre who has choosen precious antique furnishings to create an atmosphere of superlative style which we invite you to discover.
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 About Castello di Santa Maria Novella - Sonesta Castello di Santa Maria Novella Tuscany
Presiding over 250 acres of rolling Tuscany hills, the historic 10th century Sonesta Castello di Santa Maria Novella Tuscany offers an exquisite retreat.
Located in Chianti Colli Fiorentini, near the small village of Marcialla, it is a 30-minute drive from the International airport in Florence.
The castle's estate, two hundred and fifty acres' property, is a working farm and produces its own wine, extra virgin olive oil, Vin Santo and honey.
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 Geometry in Art & Architecture Unit 11
Slide 12-5: Aerial View of Santa Maria della Fiore, the Duomo, and the Bapistry.
Of the three, Masaccio's Trinity, painted for S. Maria Novella in Florence around 1427, is usually considered to be the oldest surviving perspective painting.
Masaccio's use of perspective is clearest in his frescos for the Brancacci Chapel in S. Maria del Carmine in Florence, which illustrate scenes from the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.
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 S. Maria Novella - Leon Battista Alberti - Great Buildings Online
"...Designed in the 1450's, [the facade of Santa Maria Novella] completed the exterior of a medieval church, and yet it has been rightly described as a 'great Renaissance exponent of classical eurhythmia,' for its dimensions are all bound to each other by the 1:2 ratio of the musical Octave.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blessed Giovanni Dominici
Cardinal, statesman and writer, born at Florence, 1356; died at Buda, 10 July, 1420.
He entered the Dominican Order at Santa Maria Novella in 1372 after having been cured, through the intercession of St. Catherine of Siena, of an impediment of speech for which he had been refused admission to the order two years before.
On his return from Paris, where he completed his theological studies, he laboured as professor and preacher for twelve years at Venice.
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 History of Renaissance Architecture : S. Maria Novella   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
History of Renaissance Architecture : S. Maria Novella
Leon Battista Alberti(1404-72) had produced a solution to the problem of a west end with a high nave and lower flanking aisles by scrolls in S. Maria Novella.
Maria Novella is basically gothic style church, and the facade is a remodeled to style like Tuscan Rmanesque by Alberti.
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 Find in a Library: Filippino Lippi's Strozzi Chapel in Santa Maria Novella
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Cappella di Filippo Strozzi (Santa Maria Novella (Church : Florence, Italy))
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 Bell'occhio | Maison | Santa Maria Novella   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
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This is but a wee sampling of the many products we carry from the celebrated Florentine Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, founded in 1612.
Featured here are the potpourri products, including the cologne, the sachet, the scented soap, the terra cotta urn and now, the candle.
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Florence Italy: Places to see Santa Maria Novella
As Santa Croce is the historical seat of the Franciscans, so Saint Maria Novella is the historical seat of the Dominicans, the two dominant religious orders in Florence.
The great theologian Saint Tomas Aquinas taught here as well.
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The Dominican friars, Sisto da Firenze and Ristoro da Campi, began to build the church in 1246 on the site of the l0th-century Dominican oratory of S. Maria delle Vigne.
The nave and aisles went up in 1279 and the building was finished in the middle of the 14th century with the campanile and the Sacristy by Jacopo Talenti.
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 Giotto : La Croce Di Santa Maria Novella
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