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Palazzo Rucellai; Rucellai Palace Other Title(s) Palazzo Rucellai; Rucellai Palace Title Palazzo Rucellai; Rucellai Palace Record Type copy image Type of Work Architecture; Renaissance Architecture; Palace Technique architecture Creator (Artist/Architect) Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472) Rossellino, Bernardo (1409-1464) Date ca. 1452-1470 Location Italy; Florence; Via della Vigna Nuova Style Renaissance; Early Renaissance Period 15th C Culture Italian Description/Notes Alberti was an ardent student of classical architecture. He created the illusion that the Palazzo Rucellai becomes lighter toward its top by adapting the Roman manner of using different capitals for each story. Commissioned by Giovanni Rucellai (1403-1481) Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon View Raking view looking east along the Via della Vigna Nuova UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0011-IT

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