Alberti and Bartolomeo Created by: Shaina and
Ashley
The Early Renaissance Leone Battista Alberti
(February 14, 1404 – April 20, 1472)› S. Maria Novella, Florence
Alberti designed the façade The first completed design for a
church façade of the Renaissance
The Early Renaissance Leone Battista Alberti
› A classical theorist who approached architecture as a way to express his philosophy of design
› Revised the De architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) Completed 1452
Title: Facade of Palazzo Rucellai, FlorenceArtist: Leon Battista AlbertiDate: 1446-1451
Title: Facade of Santa Maria Novella, FlorenceArtist: Leon Battista AlbertiDate: 1458-1470
LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI, interior of Sant’Andrea (looking northeast), Mantua,
Italy, designed 1470, begun 1472
The Early Renaissance Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1396–
1472) › an Italian architect and sculptor› A capable architect and was awarded
several commissions› He is buried in the monastery of San
Marco, Florence.
Villa Medici in Fiesole
MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO, facade of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, Italy, begun 1445
Courtyard of Palazzo Medici