Writer‚ Renaissance architect‚ humanist philosopher‚ and artistic theorist‚ Leon Battista Alberti is considered to be the Renaissance’s "universal man" of learning. In addition to painting‚ designing buildings‚ and writing scientific‚ artistic and philosophical treatises‚ Alberti wrote the first book on Italian grammar and cryptography. Born in Genoa in the year 1404‚ out of wedlock but immediately legitimatized by his father Lorenzo. Leon’s mother‚ Bianca Fieschi‚ was a Bolognese widow. She died
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ARCHHTC236 Assignment One: Annotations ‘Of the Compartition‚ and of the Origin of Building’ by Leon Battista Alberti The universal man of the renaissance‚ Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)‚ was an Italian humanist‚ writer‚ painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ mathematician‚ art and architect theorist1. His treatise was the first treatise written in 1500 years since Marcos Vitrivius Pollio wrote his treatise on architecture2. Alberti’s buildings‚ such as the Palazzo Rucellai façade‚ Tempio Malatestiano
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Alberti And De Re Aedificatoria Architects‚ as a conceiver of city‚ the concept of public space and buildings‚ act as several statuses. Their social status may high‚ but more often relatively low status. During the Middle Ages‚ painting‚ sculpture and architecture are subject to the limitations of three kinds of hand-crafts the visual arts. During the Renaissance in Italy‚ because control of the drawing (not construction)‚ the architect obtained a new identity with higher social status. This is
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ARC131 H1F 3rd October 2012 Mikaile Ibrahim FIRMITAS‚ UTILITAS‚ VENUSTAS A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO VITRUVIUS & ALBERTI Throughout history‚ the makings of an architect have changed by stark proportions and so did the requirements of the finished creation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 B.C.E)‚ famously known as Vitruvius‚ wrote in The Ten Books on Architecture of how the architect must possess wide knowledge and expertise in many fields of study‚ and that his buildings must encompass firmitas
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Leon Battista Alberti‚ born in the 15th Century originally from Genoa was educated at Padua and Bologna in classics‚ mathematics and Church canon law. He was a typical Humanist and his education also made him well-versed in philosophy‚ science and the arts. In 1421‚ he attended the University of Bologna where he studied law‚ which he did not enjoy. Later on‚ he obtained a degree in canon Law which then led to his mathematical studies. His book‚ Della Pittura published around the year 1430 were written
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. Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) rediscovered and made linear perspective popular. Although the principle of the linear perspective was found first by Fillipo Brunelleschi‚ Alberti disclosed and explained it in the book On Painting. Precisely Alberi explained mathematically what proportions of the objects’ size had to be used in linear perspective. Alberti was born in Genoa in the noble family‚ studied in Padua and Bologna‚ lived in Florence and Rome. Aside of working on linear perspective‚ Alberti
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painting Summary and Analysis The selection from Leon Battista Alberti’s On painting is mainly divided into 5 paragraphs numbered 25 through 29. Just as the title suggests‚ the text deals with the art of painting and its virtues. It talks about the benefits painting offers to the artist and why they are valuable‚ as well as showing the importance a work of art gives to the object being painted. While referring to many examples in history‚ Alberti also compares painting to the other “crafts” and explains
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Leon Battista Alberti has written books on painting as being the foundation of art and other art styles such as architecture and sculpting. As a Renaissance man‚ Alberti took interest in science and math‚ incorporating it into his paintings and into his criteria for what he considered to be a successful artwork. Most successful renaissance paintings follow his criteria‚ incorporating values such as science‚ math‚ Humanism‚ the classical styles of Rome/Greece‚ mythology and Christianity. Both the
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humanist and aficionado of the ancient and modern arts- Leon Battista Alberti- characterises the new way of thinking. In his account of Florence Cathedral (Figure 1) he writes‚ ‘this temple in itself has grace and majesty.’ He uses ‘robust’ and ‘slender’ as optimum properties of gracefulness and stability‚ and associates architecture with its ability to conjure natural sensations; audio‚ oral‚ visual and nasal. Henceforth we see Alberti as a naturalist; one who experiences nature with delight‚
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Medieval vs. Renaissance Art Art during the Italian Renaissance differed from art during the Middle Ages. The two have contrasting characteristics and concepts. To the people in the medieval world‚ religion was their life. Everything in daily life focused around the church and God (Modern World 164). Medieval culture influenced the arts; this was evident in the religious themes. During the Italian Renaissance‚ painters and other artists focused on the portrayal of a more humanistic way of
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