Palazzo Rucellai
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Palazzo Rucellai is a landmark 15th-century Florentine palace designed by Leon Battista Alberti, celebrated as an early and influential masterpiece of Italian Renaissance domestic architecture.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance palace
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historic building → palace → tourist attraction → |
| address |
Via della Vigna Nuova
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| architect |
Leon Battista Alberti
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| architecturalStyle |
Italian Renaissance
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Renaissance architecture → |
| associatedFamily |
Rucellai family
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| centuryOfConstruction |
15th century
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| city |
Florence
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| constructionEnd |
c. 1451
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| constructionStart |
c. 1446
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| country |
Italy
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| culturalPeriod |
Early Renaissance
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| currentUse |
mixed residential and institutional use
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| designer |
Leon Battista Alberti
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| facadeDesigner |
Leon Battista Alberti
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| hasArchitecturalElement |
classical orders
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entablatures → pilasters → rusticated ground floor → string courses → trabeated system → |
| hasFeature |
family coat of arms
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regular window rhythm → string-course cornices separating stories → symmetrical facade → |
| heritageStatus |
within UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Florence
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| influenced |
Renaissance palace design in Italy
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palazzo architecture in Florence → |
| influencedBy |
Alberti’s treatise on architecture
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classical Roman architecture → |
| locatedIn |
Florence
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Italy → Tuscany → |
| material |
pietra serena
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| namedAfter |
Rucellai family
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| numberOfStories |
3
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| openToPublic |
partially
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| partOf |
historic center of Florence
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| patron |
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai
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| significance |
early example of Renaissance domestic architecture
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influential model for later palace facades → |
| usedFor |
educational programs
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study abroad programs → |
| usesOrder |
Corinthian order
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Ionic order → Tuscan order → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Leon Battista Alberti
("Palazzo Rucellai, Florence")
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designed |
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Renaissance architecture
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notableWork |