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Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths.
Apr 21, 2024 · Leon Battista Alberti (born Feb. 14, 1404, Genoa—died April 25, 1472, Rome) was an Italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of Renaissance art theory. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the Renaissance “universal man.”.
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Nov 16, 2020 · Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472 CE) was an Italian scholar, architect, mathematician, and advocate of Renaissance humanism. Alberti famously wrote the treatise On Architecture where he outlines the...
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Learn about the life and achievements of Leon Battista Alberti, the father of Early Renaissance art theory and architecture. Explore his treatises, paintings, self-portrait, and legacy in the art world.
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Leon Battista Alberti, (born Feb. 14, 1404, Genoa—died April 25, 1472, Rome), Italian architect, art theorist, and humanist. After pursuing a literary career as papal secretary, in 1438 Alberti was encouraged to direct his talents toward the field of architecture.
Feb 6, 2019 · Learn about the life and achievements of Leon Battista Alberti, a humanist philosopher, writer, architect, and art theorist of the Renaissance. He was a versatile and influential figure in various fields of knowledge and art, and invented the cypher wheel.
Leon Battista Alberti - Renaissance Humanist, Architect, Painter: The treatise “Della famiglia” (“On the Family”), which he began in Rome in 1432, is the first of several dialogues on moral philosophy upon which his reputation as an ethical thinker and literary stylist largely rests.
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