Fodor's Expert Review Museo Marino Marini and Cappella Rucellai
Santa Maria Novella
Art Museum
A 21-foot-tall bronze horse and rider, one of the major works by artist Marino Marini (1901–80), dominates the space of the main gallery here. The museum itself is an eruption of contemporary design in a deconsecrated 9th-century church, and a series of open stairways, walkways, and balconies let you peer at Marini's work from all angles. In addition to his Etruscanesque sculpture, the museum houses Marini's paintings, drawings, and engravings. The Cappella Rucellai, commissioned by one of Florence's most powerful families, shows Renaissance man Leon Battista Alberti (1404--72) at the height of his architectural powers.
