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  1. Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths.

  2. Leon Battista Alberti (born Feb. 14, 1404, Genoa—died April 25, 1472, Rome) was an Italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of Renaissance art theory. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the Renaissance “universal man.”.

  3. Nov 16, 2020 · Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472 CE) was an Italian scholar, architect, mathematician, and advocate of Renaissance humanism. Alberti famously wrote the treatise On Architecture where he outlines the key elements of classical architecture and how these might be reused in contemporary buildings.

  4. Leon Battista Alberti. Italian Architect, Artist, and Author. Born: February 14, 1404 - Genoa, Italy. Died: April 25, 1472 - Rome, Italy. Movements and Styles: Early Renaissance.

  5. Nov 13, 2023 · One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output that encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry,...

  6. Leon Battista Alberti, (born Feb. 14, 1404, Genoa—died April 25, 1472, Rome), Italian architect, art theorist, and humanist. After pursuing a literary career as papal secretary, in 1438 Alberti was encouraged to direct his talents toward the field of architecture.

  7. Feb 6, 2019 · Discover why philosopher, writer, artist and architect, Leon Battista Alberti is considered a quintessential Renaissance universal man of learning.

  8. Leon Battista Alberti was a notable Italian architect and humanist, best known as the pioneer instigator of the Renaissance art theory. His intellect, personality and influential treatises have led to establish him as the prototype of the Renaissance “Universal man”.

  9. Leon Battista Alberti - Renaissance Humanist, Architect, Painter: The treatise “Della famiglia” (“On the Family”), which he began in Rome in 1432, is the first of several dialogues on moral philosophy upon which his reputation as an ethical thinker and literary stylist largely rests.

  10. Leon Battista Alberti. Humanist, Architect, Writer, Mathematician, Prior, Graduate in Canon Law (Genoa, 1404 – Rome, 1472). After Leon Battista Alberti, it was the destiny of the Renaissance man to never be satisfied.

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