This painting blends deep piety with scientific observation. Both its architecture and figures were radically new.
Location: Santa Maria Novella
Romanesque, Gothic, or ancient Greek? Whether you divide this façade by styles or squares, its stones come alive.
Alberti, Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Ghirlandaio writes a wealthy Florentine banking dynasty into the biblical narrative of this fresco cycle.
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