Fred S. Kleiner Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II (14th Edition) - Short Essay

Art History 102 Assignment #1 – DUE 28 OCTOBER 2015

You are to write a short essay comparing Alberti’s façade of Santa Maria Novella (Figure 16-40 in your textbook) to Palladio’s Villa Rotunda (Figure 17-28 in your textbook). Think of the buildings’ designs and what they say about the time in which they were designed/created. Also take into consideration the architect demonstrating his ideas of Classical forms and harmonic relationships between parts if/where applicable.

Formatting: use double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font, with 1 in (2.5 cm) margins!

Also, be sure to cite your sources according to the MLA style guide. If you are using an online article or book source, you must print out/photocopy the page that contains the

information you are citing as well as citing it correctly in your bibliography.