Leone Battista Alberti
Philosopher, Architect
1404 – 1472
Who was Leone Battista Alberti?
Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man. 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'.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1404
Genoa - Also known as
- Leon Alberti
- Leon Battista Alberti
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bologna
- Lived in
- Genoa
- Died
- Apr 20, 1472
Rome
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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