Author of books based on Vitruvius, and designer of S. Maria Novella Alberti .

[Fill in the blank, use each term only once]

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Author of books based on Vitruvius, and designer of S. Maria Novella Alberti .

[Fill in the blank, use each term only once]

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The prompt presents a fill-in-the-blank style question tied to architecture and Renaissance humanism. It mentions an author of books based on Vitruvius and a designer of the church Santa Maria Novella.

- The clue about Vitruvius points to Renaissance scholars who wrote commentaries or compendia on Vitruvius’s treatises. Among the classic figures associated with Vitruvius in architectural literature, Leon Battista Alberti stands out for his Latin/Italian writings that interpret Vitruvian ideas and apply them to architectural theory and practice. 
- The second clue, designer of Santa Maria Novella, aligns with Alberti’s architectural contributions in Florence, where he worked on projects or contributed design ideas for the church's surroundings and decorative programs in the early Renaissance.

Since the provided answer field lists a single term, it must be the surname commonly associated with both a scholarly engagement with Vitruvius and a major architectural commission in Florence. The name consistent with these two clues is Alberti.

In a broader sense, if one were to consider alternative names, there aren’t standard, well-known figures who simultaneously fit both roles in the same canonical way as Alberti does for these particular clues. Therefore, the linkage of authorial work on Vitruvius and the design association with Santa Maria Novella points coherently to Alberti.

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Author of books based on Vitruvius, and designer of S. Maria Novella Alberti . [Fill in the blank, use each term only once]

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