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Leon battista alberti was an italian renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer. Leon battista alberti1 february 18, 1404 april 20, 1472 was an italian author, artist. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the renaissance universal man. Leon battista alberti was one of the greatest contributors to renaissance ideas on architecture. Leon battista alberti, italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of renaissance art theory.
Quotations by leon battista alberti, italian architect, born february 14, 1404. In 1446, leon battista alberti, whose texts on painting and on architecture established the guidelines for the creation of paintings and buildings that would be followed for centuries, designed a facade that was truly divorced from the medieval style, and could finally be considered quintessentially renaissance. Leon battista alberti 140472 was one of the most original, creative, and exciting figures of the italian renaissance. In painting alberti achieved nothing of any great importance or beauty, wrote vasari. Answer these questions to test your understanding of the life and works of leon battista alberti. Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and general renaissance humanist polymath. He began his artistic studies in padua and bolonia, but the most important period of formation passed in rome, where he in 1432 started to work in the office of an apostolic abbreviator. Pdf on oct 1, 1989, max marmor and others published on the art of building in ten books leon battista alberti joseph rykwert neil.
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