| Commissioned by the Rucellai family to redesign the facade of the existing church, Alberti devised a rational and unified front. Alberti's design has various geometrical relationships; for example, the height to the top of the pediment is equal to the width and the upper temple with its pediment is one-fourth the size of the main square. | |
|
|
| Alberti added a mezzanine between the lower story and the narrow central temple form at the top. It serves as an attic for the lower story and a plinth for the upper. The green and white marble inlays are repeated in banding used on the corner pilasters and those on the temple top thus adding to the visual unity of the church. | |
|
|