Kraft Hotel Florence · PALAZZO RUCELLAI

A journey through the particularities of Opera of Leon Battista Alberti
The opera of Leon Battista Alberti is presented through a journey of photographs exalting fundamental characteristics of the work of this genius, artist, and idealist of the Renaissance.

The Perspective:
The composition and assemblage of the photos offer the possibility to enjoy a perspective viewing. For example, when looking at the photograph of Palazzo Rucellai, the Loggia of Rucullai and the Temple, one gets the impression of seizing the piece in its whole almost as if "going around it".

Choice of materials:
The photos put even the most minimum particulars to light, the aspect and the color of the stone (Palazzo Rucella), or the multicoloured play on the marble (Temple), make it seem as though you are there in person observing.

Correspondence between the external and internal environments:
The photographs frequently show courtyards and loggias. Alberti took particular care in the correspondence of the various types of environments in a way that they represent a sole solution of continuity; a global vision is derived with the particularity of the small sign of a grand project.

Focus on particularities:
Coats of arms, decorations, etc make the journey of observing varied and invite those who look, to pose attention on aspects that might often not be taken into the right consideration. These decorations, in fact, put us in direct contact with the commercial activity of the Rucellai family and, in general, with the Florentine environment of the period.

L'UOMO DEL RINASCIMENTO
LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI E LE ARTI A FIRENZE TRA RAGIONE E BELLEZZA
The Renaissance Man - Leon Battista Alberti and the Arts in Florence between Reason and Beauty
  
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi - 11 March - 23 July 2006
Opening hours:
Every day from 9 am to 8 pm; Friday from 9 am to 11 pm
Entrance up to an hour before closing time
Exhibit information: tel. +39 055 2645155
Booking and information: tel. +39 055 2469600
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The exhibit takes place in the Strozzi Palace, in Italian "Palazzo Strozzi", considered one of the best civil buildings of the Renaissance in Florence. The rustic building-blocks impose a sense of severity and magnificence.

      

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