Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II: The Western Perspective, Volume II (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

by Fred S. Kleiner

Leon Battista Alberti, west facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, 1456–1470. Alberti’s design for the facade of this Gothic church features a pediment-capped temple front and pilasterframed arcades. Numerical ratios are the basis of the proportions of all parts of the facade.