Books by leon battista alberti author of on painting. Of painting in three books and of statuary in one book 1726. The ten books of architecture leon battista alberti on. The architecture of leon batista alberti, in ten books. Leon battista alberti the architecture of leon battista. The architecture of leon battista alberti in ten books. Leon battista alberti has 116 books on goodreads with 3360 ratings. Leon battista alberti s most popular book is on painting. Leon battista alberti italian architect and author.
A guide to the making of classical architecture dover architecture william r. The book on painting, which he wrote in 1435, set forth for the first time the rules for drawing a picture of a threedimensional scene upon the twodimensional plane of a panel or wall. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the renaissance universal man. The italian architect, painter, sculptor, and writer leon battista alberti was the most important arttheorist of the early renaissance. Leon battista alberti was an italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and general renaissance humanist polymath. Although he is often characterized exclusively as an architect, as james beck has observed, to single out one of leon battistas fields over others as somehow functionally independent and selfsufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize albertis extensive explorations in the fine arts. His importance in the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture is mainly due to his three influential treatises on renaissance art. In this lesson, well look at his life, works, and legacy and see how albertis theories impacted. Leon battista alberti was an italian renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer. The architecture of leon battista alberti, in ten books, of painting in three books and of statuary in one book by leon battista alberti 2 editions first published in 1726 not in library.