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Leon Battista Alberti - Wikipedia Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leombatˈtista alˈbɛɾti]; 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
Leon Battista Alberti | Renaissance Architect Author | Britannica 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 ”
Leon Battista Alberti - World History Encyclopedia 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 key elements of classical architecture and how these might be reused in contemporary buildings
Leon Battista Alberti Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory Alberti is considered the father of Early Renaissance art theory and, because of his great adaptability, the archetypal "universal man" He is perhaps revered first-and-foremost as the founder of modern architecture
Leon Battista Alberti: A True Renaissance Man - ThoughtCo Leon Battista Alberti is considered by many scholars to be a quintessential Renaissance "universal man" of learning In addition to painting, designing buildings, and writing scientific, artistic and philosophical treatises, Leon Battista Alberti wrote the first book on Italian grammar and groundbreaking work on cryptography
Alberti, Leon Battista 1404–1472 Italian Author and Architect In the 1800s, historian Jakob Burckhardt described Alberti as the "universal man of the Renaissance," meaning a man who could do many things well Early Life Alberti was born in Genoa, Italy He entered the University of Bologna to study law but preferred literary activities to legal studies
Alberti’s revolution in painting - Smarthistory Pietro Perugino’s biblical scene displays many of the key elements identified as necessary for a successful painting by Leon Battista Alberti in his treatise about painting, including: Alberti’s De Pictura (On Painting, 1435) is the first theoretical text written about art in Europe
Leon Battista Alberti and his work in architecture | Britannica Alberti was one of the foremost theorists on Renaissance architecture and art, known for codifying the principles of linear perspective (in On Painting, 1436) A prototype of the Renaissance man, he also made contributions to moral philosophy, cartography, and cryptography
The genius of Alberti — Google Arts Culture Leon Battista Alberti is the symbol of Humanism, and the façade of the Church of Sant'Andrea in Mantua is his masterpiece Born in Genoa to an important Florentine family, which was in exile at
Humanism - Renaissance, Architecture, Alberti | Britannica The achievement of Leon Battista Alberti testifies to the formative power and exhaustive scope of earlier Italian humanism He owed his boyhood education to Gasparino da Barzizza, the noted teacher who, with Vergerio, was influential in the development of humanism at Padua