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| − | '''Leon Battista Alberti''' (Italian pronunciation: leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti; February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian [[humanist]] [[author]], [[artist]], [[architect]], [[poet]], [[priest]], [[linguist]], [[philosopher]] and [[cryptographer]]; he epitomized the [[Renaissance Man]]. | + | [[File:Della Pittura Alberti perspective pillars on grid.jpg|| Alberti's diagram showing pillars in perspective on a grid in ''Della Pittura''.]]'''Leon Battista Alberti''' (Italian pronunciation: leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti; February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian [[humanist]] [[author]], [[artist]], [[architect]], [[poet]], [[priest]], [[linguist]], [[philosopher]] and [[cryptographer]]; he epitomized the [[Renaissance Man]]. |
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Leon Battista Alberti (Italian pronunciation: leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti; February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomized the Renaissance Man.
Biography
Although he is often characterized as an "architect" exclusively, as James Beck has observed, "to single out one of Leon Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts."
Alberti's life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.
See also
External links
- Leon Battista Alberti @ Wikipedia
