Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and general Renaissance humanist polymath. 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 Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori or 'Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects'. (Source: Wikipedia)
Leon Battista Alberti
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Italian architect and author (1404-1472)
| Born | 14 February 1404 |
| Died | 25 April 1472 |
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Leon Battista Alberti
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Italian architect and author (1404-1472)
| Born | 14 February 1404 |
| Died | 25 April 1472 |
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL146530A
- GoodReads: 198388
- ISNI: 0000000120958329
- Project Gutenberg: 49433
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV042377
- VIAF: 29559625
- Wikidata: Q182046
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q182046
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Alternative names
- Leone Battista Alberti
- Leon Batti Alberti
- Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
- Léon-Battista Alberti
- Leon Battista ALBERTI
- leon battista alberti
- Alberti, Leon Battista
- Leon Battista 1404-1472 de Alberti
- Leon Battista 1404-1472 Alberti
- LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
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