Leon battista alberti, italian architect, art theorist and writer, was born in genoa in 1406 and died in rome in 1472. Leon battista alberti 4 we painters, said alberti in on painting, but as a painter, or sculptor, alberti was a dilettante. Leon battista alberti italian architect and author. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the renaissance universal man. He was a humanist philosopher, writer, renaissance architect, and art. Leon battista alberti was also known as battista alberti, leo battista alberti, leone battista alberti. Renaissance architects and patrons consciously made use of the persua. Pdf on oct 1, 1989, max marmor and others published on the art of building in ten books leon battista alberti joseph rykwert neil leach robert tavernor find, read and cite all the research you.
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