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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 to 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
Alberti’s revolution in painting - Smarthistory Alberti wanted viewers to be able to relate to the stories portrayed in art and to empathize with painted characters, but he also wanted paintings to present an idealized vision of human behavior
Leon Battista Alberti: A True Renaissance Man - ThoughtCo 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 Alberti originally wrote The Family in the dialect of Tuscany, the region surrounding Florence However, the language did not come naturally to him, and he revised the piece in a style that blended formal discourse with everyday speech
Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was one of the most exciting figures of the Italian Renaissance He wrote the first modern treatise on painting, the first modern manual of classical architecture, and a powerful set of "dialogues" about the princely families of Florence
(PDF) Albertis On Painting - Academia. edu However, Alberti himself was responsible for On Painting as a whole to persuade and convince the humanist scholar that the profession of painting, on account of its theoretical foundation and similarities rhetoric and poetry, may be appropriately deemed a liberal art