I note that the assimilation of the temple front permeates all of Alberti’s projects. Only the immense entablature/spandrel compensates for an otherwise jarring realtionship. Whereas the inner pilasters carry down through the Corinthian columns, the outer pilasters align with nothing. Ĭlarification of the temple front is perhaps the strongest improvement in the design of Santa Maria Novella, although it is still treated like an object set on top of another object, with little vertical correspondence. Nonstructural trabeation also appears in the Baptistry and the Brunelleschi Foundling Hospital. The pilasters are purely flat decoration the trabeation is treated like a frame and does not extend across the entire face, an effect that was aggravated by the introduction of the mosaic central panel in the 13th century the “pediment” is so fragmented that it resembles a couple of sloping brackets. Temple fronts: a second look indicates that this is a muddied concept in San Miniato, merely an outline. In spite of all the similarities described above, it is the differences that indicate a development of architectural logic and the superimposition of an individual’s ideas over an anonymous process. Differences between San Miniato al Monte and Santa Maria Novella
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