Palazzo Rucellai
The Palazzo Rucellai is an important building in the Renaissance style in Florence . It was commissioned in 1446 by Giovanni Rucellai (1403–1481). The original design comes from the architect Leon Battista Alberti , the actual execution was then undertaken by Bernardo Rossellino . The palace was completed in 1458. The loggia in front of the building is also considered a work of Alberti.
The complex has a classically harmonious structure, which shows the further development of the style forms especially in comparison with the almost simultaneous, but still showing many late Gothic elements, Palazzo Medici . Alberti's coherent dazzling structure of the facade is particularly revolutionary (it was created around 1455), which with its sequence of classical column orders (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian capitals) takes up the classic motif of the facade of ancient Greek buildings for the first time in secular buildings of the early modern period. In doing so, Alberti changed the motif of the plastic wall relief in such a way that the facade design is now understood graphically: the pilasters, which protrude only a little from the wall, look like smooth stripes that are surrounded by brickwork with lively interior drawings. In addition to the forecourt, the grave chapel in San Pancrazio is particularly worth seeing, in which the grave monument for Giovanni Rucellai, which Alberti designed in 1467, is based on the model of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The palazzo still belongs to the Rucellai family.
- Façade details, photographed by Paolo Monti , 1972
ground floor
Upper window
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Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 16.6 " N , 11 ° 14 ′ 58.5" E