Palazzo Ruccellai - Florence, Italy
| General Attributes |
DOI| 10.26301/rp8j-ba59 | |
| Project Name | Palazzo Ruccellai - Florence |
| Country | Italy |
| Status | Published |
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| Spatial Data | Download (Links to all available data types will be emailed) |
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| LiDAR - Terrestrial | Not available | Faro Focus 3D x130 | Time of Flight Scanner |
| Background |
| Site Description | The Palazzo Rucellai in Florence stands as a landmark achievement in early Renaissance architecture and a testament to the intellectual climate of 15th-century Italy. Commissioned by wealthy merchant Giovanni Rucellai and designed by Leon Battista Alberti between 1446-1451, it represents one of the first systematic applications of classical architectural principles to a private urban residence. Alberti's revolutionary façade employs superimposed pilasters of the three classical orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) across its three stories, directly translating ancient Roman architecture—particularly the Colosseum's tiered organization—into a domestic context. This scholarly approach distinguished the palace from medieval Florentine palazzi and established a template that would influence Renaissance palace design for centuries. The building embodies the humanist values of its patron and architect, both learned men who saw architecture as an intellectual pursuit grounded in mathematical proportion and classical precedent. The Palazzo Rucellai thus marks a pivotal moment when Renaissance architects moved beyond Gothic traditions to create a new architectural language based on the systematic study and adaptation of antiquity. | |
| Project Description | Includes facade and 1st courtyard/entryway | |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | Historic Centre of Florence |
| Additional Information | Learn more |
| Publication Date | 2023-12-30 |
| License Type | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Model Information |
| Reuse Score | B - High-Quality Model without Georeferencing |
| Curator Notes | unresolved: exported without scan structure, CHEI has data, need to re-export. Also missing key metadata. The data in the viewer is trimmed to show only the Palazzo and Loggia Ruccelai, cutting away the surrounding buildings which are also in the raw data. -Scott McAvoy OH3D |
| Citation |
| Ashley Richter, Michael Hess, Vid Petrovic, Falko Kuester, Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative (CHEI), Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3), Maurizio Seracini 2023: Palazzo Ruccellai - Florence - LiDAR - Terrestrial. Distributed by Open Heritage 3D. https://doi.org/10.26301/rp8j-ba59 |
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