![]() Much like Santa Croce was the main church of the Franciscans, the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella has been the main Dominican church in Florence since 1221. All items in are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Santa Maria Novella is the headquarters of the Dominicans in Florence: its interior is full of details and its walls hide authentic works of art.Santa Maria Novella (Church : Florence, Italy).Major themes developed and continued through the five chapters of the dissertation are: architecture and its projected meanings in late medieval and Renaissance Florence, urban organization, political structures, the Dominican order and the position of the Florentine chapter within local and international ecclesiastical, social and political structures. The twentieth-century interventions are cursorily presented in an epilogue. ![]() Each of the three major campaigns is considered in isolation, with attention to reconstructions, formal and comparative analyses, and extensive contextualization and discussion of patronage networks. basilica di Santa Maria Novella a Firenze, facciata terminata da Leon Battista Alberti alberti basilica chiesa church firenze florence italy masaccio rinascimento. ![]() The present appearance of the facade is the result of three building campaigns effected over the period of two centuries (c1300-c1500), and two restorative campaigns conducted in the twentieth century.
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