Leon Battista Alberti
Borsi, Franco. • 1975 • Electa
- Author
- Borsi, Franco.
- First published
- 1975
- Publisher
- Electa
- Genres
- Biography
- Subjects
- Architects · Architecture, Renaissance · Biography · Renaissance Architecture
- ISBN
- 9780847811496
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Published in 1975 by Electa, this monograph provides an exhaustive examination of Leon Battista Alberti, the quintessential Renaissance polymath whose contributions spanned architecture, painting, and cryptography. Franco Borsi, a distinguished architectural historian and scholar, curated this volume to synthesize Alberti’s complex theoretical writings with his physical architectural legacy, offering a comprehensive visual and analytical survey of his work.
The book is regarded as a foundational text in the academic study of Alberti’s design philosophy. Borsi sought to contextualize Alberti not merely as a builder, but as an intellectual architect who bridged the medieval tradition and the burgeoning rationalism of the Renaissance. The work is widely respected by architectural historians for its detailed photographic documentation and its clarity in explaining the mathematical rigor underlying Alberti’s humanist structures.
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