Book ID: CBB092479661

Leon Battista Alberti: The Chameleon’s Eye (2022)

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Caspar Pearson (Author)


Reaktion Books


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 304
Language: English

A new account of the sui generis Renaissance writer and architect Leon Battista Alberti.   One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output encompassing engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humor, political commentary, and more. He employed irony, satire, and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born into the Florentine elite, Alberti was nonetheless disadvantaged due to exile and illegitimacy. As a result, he became an acute analyst of the social institutions of his time, as well as a profoundly existential writer who was intensely preoccupied with the human condition. This new account explores Alberti’s life and works, examining how his personal and intellectual preoccupations continually pushed him to engage with an ever-broader spectrum of Renaissance culture.

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Authors & Contributors
Catalano, Agostino
Pazzagli, Rossano
Di Salvo, Marco
Minutoli, Fabio
Calzona, Arturo
Ferretti, Emanuela
Concepts
Science and art
Architecture
Technology
Science and culture
Engineering
Technology and art
Time Periods
Renaissance
15th century
16th century
Early modern
Medieval
20th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Barcelona (Spain)
Mediterranean region
Catalonia (Spain)
Spain
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