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Leon Battista Alberti

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)

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Born 1404
Died 1472

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  • Cover of: A treatise on painting

    First published in 1651 56 editions in 7 languages — 21 previewable Cover of edition treatisepainting00leon Cover of edition davincitraitedel00leon Cover of edition desherrnleonhard00leon Cover of edition tratadopintura00leon Cover of edition verhandelingover00leon Cover of edition trattatopitturad00leon Cover of edition trattatopittura01leon Cover of edition traitedelapeintu00leon Cover of edition atreatiseonpaint00leon
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  • Cover of: On Painting

    First published in 1950 27 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition onpainting0000albe_d2k5
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  • Cover of: On the Art of Building in Ten Books

    First published in 1485 14 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition leonisbaptistaea00albe Cover of edition larchitettvraven00albe Cover of edition onartofbuildingi0000albe
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    First published in 1942 7 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition platonictheology00fici_045
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  • Cover of: Ten books on architecture.

    First published in 1955 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Opere volgari

    First published in 1960 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Della pittura

    First published in 1950 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: L'architettura

    First published in 1565 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: De la Statue et de la Peinture: TraitéS...

    First published in 2011 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Leon Battista Alberti: on Painting

    First published in 2004 5 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: De re aedificatoria libri decem

    First published in 1541 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Il Trattato Della Pittura: E I Cinque Ordini Architettonici

    First published in 1913 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: De la statve et de la peintvre traités de Leon-Battista Alberti ...

    First published in 1868 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Della architettura, della pittura e della statua

    First published in 1782 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Trattato Della Pittura Di Lionardo Da Vinci, Nouamente Dato in Luce, con la Vita Dell'istesso Autore, Scritta Da Rafaelle du Fresne. Si Sono Giunti I Tre Libri Della Pittura, & il Trattato Della Statua Di Leon Battista Alberti, con la Vita Del Medesimo

    First published in 2022 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: I libri della famiglia.

    First published in 1908 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Della architettura libri dieci

    First published in 1833 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Della pittura e della statua di Leonbatista Alberti.

    First published in 1804 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An Autograph Letter from Leon Battista Alberti to Matteo de' Pasti November 18, 1454

    First published in 1957 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1956 3 editions in 1 language
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Born 1404
Died 1472
Subjects
Early works to 1800, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, City planning, Families, Family, Technique, Antiquities, Description and travel, Alberti, leon battista, 1404-1472, Love, Painting, early works to 1800, Political science, Biography, Italian language, Ouvrages avant 1800, Perspective, Renaissance, Textual Criticism, Translations into Italian, Architects, Architecture, renaissance, Art, Conduct of life
Places
Italy, Rome, Rome (Italy), Florence, Italien
People
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Alberti family, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Matteo dei Pasti (1410?-1468)
Time
Early works to 1800, 1300-1500, 15th century, 16th century, 17th century

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  • Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.

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August 26, 2024 Edited by Zora Elbe merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2020 Edited by KarlKemp added date of birth, date of death
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import