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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)

Italian architect and author (1404-1472)

Born	14 February 1404
Died	25 April 1472

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A treatise on painting

by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Trichet Du Fresne, and Leon Battista Alberti
First published in 1651 — 56 editions
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On Painting (Penguin Classics)

by Leon Battista Alberti
First published in 1950 — 27 editions

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On the Art of Building in Ten Books

by Leon Battista Alberti
First published in 1485 — 14 editions
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Momus

by Leon Battista Alberti, Paolo D'Alessandro, Francesco Furlan, Claude Laurens, and Pierre Laurens First published in 1942 — 7 editions

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Ten books on architecture.

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1955 — 6 editions
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Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting

by Leon Battista Alberti and Rocco Sinisgalli First published in 2004 — 5 editions

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De la Statue et de la Peinture: TraitéS...

by Leon Battista Alberti and Claudius Popelin First published in 2011 — 5 editions

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L'architettura

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1565 — 5 editions
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Della pittura

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1950 — 5 editions

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Opere volgari

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1960 — 5 editions
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Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern: In a Collection of Ten Principal Authors Who Have Written upon the Five Orders

by Leon Battista Alberti and John Evelyn First published in 2017 — 4 editions

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Trattato Della Pittura Di Lionardo Da Vinci, Nouamente Dato in Luce, con la Vita Dell'istesso Autore, Scritta Da R. du Fresne. Si Sono Giunti I Tre Libri Della Pittura, & il Trattato Della Statua Di L. B. Alberti, con la Vita Del Medesimo. Ristampato

by Leonardo da Vinci, Leone Battista Alberti, and Leon Battista Alberti First published in 2022 — 4 editions

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De la statve et de la peintvre traités de Leon-Battista Alberti ...

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1868 — 4 editions

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De re aedificatoria libri decem

by Leon Battista Alberti and Eberhard Tappe First published in 1541 — 4 editions
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Della architettura, della pittura e della statua

by Leon Battista Alberti and Cosimo 1503-1572 Bartoli First published in 1782 — 4 editions

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Il Trattato Della Pittura: E I Cinque Ordini Architettonici

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1913 — 4 editions

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Della architettura libri dieci

by Leon Battista Alberti and Costatino Gianni First published in 1833 — 3 editions
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On painting

by Leon Battista Alberti First published in 1956 — 3 editions

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L'architettura di Leonbatista Alberti

by Leon Battista Alberti and Massimo Bulgarelli
First published in 1550 — 3 editions
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Leon Battista Alberti : on Painting: A New Translation and Critical Edition

by Leon Battista Alberti and Rocco Sinisgalli First published in 2011 — 3 editions

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Italian architect and author (1404-1472)

Born	14 February 1404
Died	25 April 1472

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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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