Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi c. 1444
a) Rusticated ground floor; second floor strongly articulated blocks; third floor smooth surface - building seems to get lighter as it goes up.
b) Roman arches at bottom used as entries to shops and businesses
c) Strong cornice placed on top
d) Interior courtyard allows light and air into the interior rooms of the palace.
e) Built to express civic pride and political power of the Medici Family; rusticated bottom floor expressed fortitude of Medici family.
f) Symmetrical plan.
