On Alberti and the Art of Building
Download or Read eBook On Alberti and the Art of Building PDF written by Robert Tavernor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Robert Tavernor |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0300076150 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780300076158 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis On Alberti and the Art of Building by : Robert Tavernor
Book excerpt: Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72) - writer, painter and sculptor, mathematician and, most famously, architectural theorist and architect - came closer than anyone to the Renaissance ideal of the 'complete man'. Recognised by his contemporaries as an extraordinary person, he helped to shape, through his writings and his practical example in the arts, the way in which the natural and artificial world was perceived and represented during the Renaissance.