Santa Maria Novella by Alberty

                                                           
Architectonic cards:

Title: Santa Maria novella
Author: Alberti.
Year: 1470
Style: Gothic - Renaissance.
Technique: It is a cosntruction of stone with marble and brick.

General description: The basilica is one of the most important churches of the Italian city of Florence, and is located in the nothwest of the ancient city, in the place of the same name and part next to the railway statation.

Introuction

Its name is the Santa Maria Novella by Alberti. It was finished in 1470.




Analysis

The basilica is the cult Roman Catholic, was used for regular workship, the basiliza had to chock repeatecly. The marble facade is among the most important work of the Florecine Resaissance, it was completed in 1470, The first interventetion was carried out in 1350, when the area was coveredwith the white and green marble thanks to the patronage of such a torino of badelse fu, died a year before. Six niches of the two sides covers, of gothic style, as well as the ornamentation or the marble boxes date form that time. In one of those niches Giovanni Bocaccio set one of his stories from the decameron. The niches continued along the eastern external wall around the ground of the cementery and the church. The painter Domenico Ghirlandaio is buried in one of them. Commissioned by the Rucellai Leon Batista Alberti family, designe the large central door, and the sanp-top of the facade in white and dark green marble, finished in 1470. The church has a Latin cross plan, with typical features of Cirstencial Gothic architeture, divided into three naves.


Conclcusion.

I like this basilica because it is a beautiful church, and is one of the most important basilica. There was to chock repeatecly,  the church has a Latin cross plan, with typical features of Cirstencial Gothic architeture, divided into three naves.