TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grafton,Anthony
AU  - Alberti,Leon Battista
TI  - Leon Battista Alberti: master builder of the Italian Renaissance 
SN  - 0674008685 (pbk.)
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Alberti, Leon Battista,
KW  - Architects
KW  - Italy
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was one of the most exciting figures of the Italian Renaissance. He wrote the first modern treatise on painting, the first modern manual of classical architecture, and a powerful set of "dialogues" about the princely families of Florence. But Alberti also made his own spectacular advances in the art of painting and in engineering, and was responsible for some of the most exciting architectural designs in Italy. In this volume, Renaissance scholar Anthony Grafton offers the biography and cultural history that Alberti has long deserved. It is a compelling portrait of a mysterious and original intellectual
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