Alberti, Leon Battista 1404-1472

On painting by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
139 editions published between 1485 and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 1,627 libraries worldwide
"Leon Battista Alberti was one of the most important humanist scholars of the Italian Renaissance. Active in mid-fifteenth-century Florence, he was an architect, theorist, and author of texts on perspective and painting. Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting is a cardinal work that revolutionized Western art. In this volume, Rocco Sinisgalli presents a new English translation and critical examination of Alberti's seminal text. Dr Sinisgalli reverses the received understanding of the relationship between the Italian and Latin versions of Alberti's treatise by demonstrating that Alberti wrote it first in Italian and then translated it into a polished Latin over the course of several decades. This volume is richly illustrated to help demonstrate how Alberti understood optics and art"--

Ten books on architecture by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
277 editions published between 1485 and 2010 in 12 languages and held by 1,337 libraries worldwide
Avec ce traité, L.B. Alberti, 1404-1472, se propose de remplacer le De architectura, de Vitruve. Il fait du travail de l'architecte un travail intellectuel, le concepteur d'un édifice n'étant pas nécessairement celui qui aura la charge de la direction du chantier. Il affirme aussi que la forme de l'édifice compte bien plus que la valeur des matériaux utilisés.

Leon Battista Alberti : master builder of the Italian Renaissance by Anthony Grafton ( Book )
13 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and German and held by 1,025 libraries worldwide
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was one of the most exciting figures of the Italian Renaissance. He wrote the first modern treatise on painting, the first modern manual of classical architecture, and a powerful set of "dialogues" about the princely families of Florence. But Alberti also made his own spectacular advances in the art of painting and in engineering, and was responsible for some of the most exciting architectural designs in Italy. In this volume, Renaissance scholar Anthony Grafton offers the biography and cultural history that Alberti has long deserved. It is a compelling portrait of a mysterious and original intellectual.

The family in Renaissance Florence by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
63 editions published between 1895 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 945 libraries worldwide

Momus by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
38 editions published between 1520 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 430 libraries worldwide

Dinner pieces by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
24 editions published between 1964 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 355 libraries worldwide

De commodis litterarum atque incommodis by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
32 editions published between 1971 and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 244 libraries worldwide
Bref traité de l'humaniste italien analysant les conditions de l'"intellectuel" au XVe siècle. Il dresse un état des lieux de la pensée d'alors, mordant et insatisfait.

Descriptio urbis Romae by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
26 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 233 libraries worldwide
Reprend et commente des textes oubliés de Alberti et Raphae͏̈l, qui sont à l'origine du monde moderne de l'architecture. Leurs interrogations et leurs méthodes de travail sont toujours d'un grand intérêt pour les contemporains.

Opere volgari by Leon Battista Alberti ( Book )
19 editions published between 1843 and 1966 in 3 languages and held by 221 libraries worldwide

Renaissance fables ( Book )
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 176 libraries worldwide