Caspar Pearson (Author)
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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Marco Di Salvo;
Emanuela Ferretti;
(2021)
Rievocare l'antico: nuove linee interpretative per l'«edificium thermarum» di Leon Battista Alberti
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Pierre Caye;
(2015)
On the Genesis of Linear Harmony in Renaissance Art
(/isis/citation/CBB740813793/)
Article
Lawson, James;
(2013)
The Extrinsic in the Architectural Thinking of Leon Battista Alberti: A Reading of Sant'Andrea in Mantua
(/isis/citation/CBB001212854/)
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Agostino Catalano;
(2015)
L'architettura tecnica in Leonardo da Vinci
(/isis/citation/CBB422716093/)
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Agostino Catalano;
Rossano Pazzagli;
(2015)
Arte e tecnica in Leonardo ingegnere
(/isis/citation/CBB570902651/)
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Alfredo Buccaro;
(2015)
L'eredità di Leonardo nell'evoluzione della figura dell'ingegnere-architetto in età moderna e contemporanea
(/isis/citation/CBB751038662/)
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Elizabeth M. Merrill;
(2017)
Pocket-Size Architectural Notebooks and the Codification of Practical Knowledge
(/isis/citation/CBB334510553/)
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Romano Nanni;
(2013)
Leonardo e le arti meccaniche
(/isis/citation/CBB422417301/)
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Fabio Minutoli;
(2015)
Il sapere tecnico-scientifico di Leonardo come premessa del cantiere moderno
(/isis/citation/CBB816202607/)
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Arturo Calzona;
Daniela Lamberini;
(2010)
La civiltà delle acque tra Medioevo e Quattrocento
(/isis/citation/CBB536899685/)
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Westfall, Carroll William;
(2006)
Making Man's Dignity Visible in Buildings: The Foundations in Leon Battista Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria
(/isis/citation/CBB000931089/)
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Hills, Helen;
(2005)
Architecture and Affect: Leon Battista Alberti and Edification
(/isis/citation/CBB000651243/)
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Laurenza, Domenico;
(2002)
Léonard de Vinci: Artiste et scientifique
(/isis/citation/CBB000201876/)
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Arielle Saiber;
(2017)
Measured Words: Computation and Writing in Renaissance Italy
(/isis/citation/CBB237401412/)
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Graziella Federici Vescovini;
(2012)
All'origine della perspectiva artificialis: la piramide visiva di Ibn-al-Haytham al-Alasan (Alhazen) e Leon Battista Alberti
(/isis/citation/CBB017901133/)
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Leslie, Stuart W.;
(2012)
Spaces for the Space Age: William Pereira's Aerospace Modernism
(/isis/citation/CBB001201072/)
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Anker, Peder;
(2010)
From Bauhaus to Ecohouse: A History of Ecological Design
(/isis/citation/CBB001220077/)
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F. James;
R. Bud;
M. Shiach;
P. Greenhalgh;
(2018)
Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century
(/isis/citation/CBB441532378/)
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Endt-Jones, Marion;
(2013)
Coral: Something Rich and Strange
(/isis/citation/CBB001202254/)
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Roca-Rosell, Antoni;
Roqué, Xavier;
(2013)
Physical Science in Barcelona
(/isis/citation/CBB001320582/)
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