San Sebastiano was begun in 1459 but was still unfinished when Alberti died in 1472. It is the first of a long series of Greek cross structures many of which date from the sixteenth century.
Keywords: Italy, Mantua, ceremonial and/or religious structures, bearing masonry construction, urban context, Renaissance, front facade.
Style/Period
15th Century (1400 - 1499 CE) Renaissance
Source
Millon, H. and Lampugnani, V.M. (Eds.). (1994). The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. New York: Rizzoli, 138.