Leon Battista Alberti Master Builder of the Renaissance

Name: Leon Battista Alberti Master Builder of the Renaissance
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ISBN: 9780674008687

ISBN-10: 0674008685

ISBN-13: 9780674008687

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Anthony Grafton

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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. But Alberti also made his own spectacular advances in the art of painting and in engineering, and was responsible for some of the most exciting architectural designs in Italy. In this volume, one of our most distinguished Renaissance scholars offers the superlative biography and cultural history that Alberti has long deserved. It is a compelling portrait of a mysterious and original intellectual.

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Who Was Leon Battista Alberti? Making an Identity in the 1430s



Humanism: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Scholarship



From New Technologies to Fine Arts: Alberti Among the Engineers



On Painting: Alberti and the Origins of Criticism



Interpreting Florence: From Reading to Rebuilding



The Artist at Court: Alberti in Ferrara



His Lost City: Alberti the Antiquary



Alberti on the Art of Building



The Architect and City Planner


Epilogue


Notes


Index