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Santa Maria Novella Other Title(s) Santa Maria Novella Title Santa Maria Novella Record Type copy image Type of Work Architecture; Gothic Architecture; Renaissance Architecture Creator (Artist/Architect) Talenti, Fra Jacopo (1310-1362) Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472) Creator (Artist Group/Architectural Firm) Dominicans Date begun 1246; facade mid-14th c. and 1456-1470 Location Italy, Florence Style Gothic; late Gothic; Early Renaissance; Renaissance Period 13th c; 14th c; 15th c Culture Italian Description/Notes Dominicans began the present church(at the apse end) in 1246 on the site of a late 11th century church, S. M. delle Vigne. Friars Sisto and Ristoro possibly architects for the nave (begun 1279). Fra Talenti completed it in mid-14th century. Lower level of the facade is attributed to Talenti. Remainder of the facade and the scrolls at the Clerestory level was designed by Alberti. Right hand scroll wasn't added until 1920. Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon View Raking View, East side of the cloister UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0025-IT

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