<sod>Although rustication is known from a few buildings of Greek and Roman antiquity, the method first became popular during the [[Renaissance]], when the stone work of lower floors and sometimes entire [[facade]]s of buildings were finished in this manner.<ref>Summerson, 58; Woodman</ref> Probably the earliest and most influential example is the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi]] in [[Florence]], built between 1444 and 1484, with two contrasting rusticated finishes.  The ground floor has a genuinely rugged appearance, with a variation in the degree to which parts of the faces of blocks project from the wall that is rarely equalled later.  Above, the rustication is merely to emphasize the individual blocks, and the faces are all flat and even.  <eod>
<sod>Although rustication is known from a few buildings of Greek and Roman antiquity, the method first became popular during the [[Renaissance]], when the stone work of lower floors and sometimes entire [[facade]]s of buildings were finished in this manner.<ref>Summerson, 58; Woodman. There is much detail in Alfonso Acocella, [http://www.architetturadipietra.it/wp/?p=4952 "Greek and Roman rustication"], online re-edit of his section in ''Stone architecture. Ancient and modern constructive skills'', Milan, Skira-Lucense, 2006, pp. 624 ff.</ref> Probably the earliest and most influential example is the [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi]] in [[Florence]], built between 1444 and 1484, with two contrasting rusticated finishes.  The ground floor has a genuinely rugged appearance, with a variation in the degree to which parts of the faces of blocks project from the wall that is rarely equalled later.  Above, the rustication is merely to emphasize the individual blocks, and the faces are all flat and even.  <eod>