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Definition of Leon Battista Alberti
1. Noun. Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472).
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Literary usage of Leon Battista Alberti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Guilds of Florence by Edgcumbe Staley (1906)
"Still it is obvious, from a careful study of the writings of such men as Leonardo
da Vinci, Leon Battista Alberti, and Francesco Guicciardini and many ..."
2. A Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1898)
"Leon Battista Alberti. Place and time of birth undetermined. Thought to be Venice,
in 1404. Alberti's talents covered a wide range of subjects. ..."
3. Art in Northern Italy by Corrado Ricci (1911)
"Matteo de' Pasti, in Ran. btbl. dell'arte Hal., 1908-9-10; G. Mancini. Leon Battista
Albertl, Florence, 1882; E. Londi. Leon Battista Alberti ..."
4. Italy, Past and Present by Antonio Carlo Napoleone] [Gallenga (1848)
"Charged by the Duke of Milan with the direction of those hydraulic works by which
the agri- * Leon Battista Alberti, born towards AD 1400; died, 1472. ..."