Painting --15th Century Italian Art-- Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
This massive structure is given strength by the heavy blocks used on the bottom floor and the use of the long unbroken horizontal bands called "stringcourses" that give the building coherence.

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Who- Michelozzo
What- Palace
When- 1444 A.D. Where-
Why- Known as the first structure to have long horizontal bands.
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