Ecclesiastical Architecture and Theory (6)

Question 1

Tempio Malatastiano (Church of San Francesco)

Answer 1

-Leon Battista Alberti -Rimini -1450-68 -arches should rest on piers -classic roman antiquity on facade

Question 2

Church of Santa Maria Novella

Answer 2

-1458 -Florence -L.B. Alberti -west facade -similar to that of San Miniato al Monte

Question 3

Church of Sant’ Andrea

Answer 3

-L.B. Alberti -mantua c 1471ff -geometric proportions

Question 4

Urbino Panel

Answer 4

-Perspective of an Ideal city -mid 15th century -demonstrates Alberti’s architectural theory -centralized

Question 5

Santa Maria deglia Angeli

Answer 5

-1434-37 -Brunelleschi -Florence -centralized church, octagonal -never built