Leon Battista Alberti, De re aedificatoria The Ten Books of Architecture aedificatori

Guide to Alberti, Leon Battista, De re aedificatoria. Manuscript, circa 1485 2016 University of Chicago Library

Scholars have drawn attention to this term, concinnitas, when highlighting Alberti’s approach to architecture. Alberti indicates the demands of proportion and concinnitas marries practical …

ACT OF DISSERTATION This dissertation investigates Leon Baptista Alberti's cultural critique, taking into consideration a broad spectrum of Alberti's writings, including many which have remained relativel.

Although Alberti clearly states that proportion is of the utmost importance, he further clarifies that variety within that proportion is necessary if beauty is to be achieved. When discussing the importance of …

Alberti’s patent pending design creates three points of contact between the driven tool holder body and tool holder output surfaces so there is no compromise in concentricity and rigidity to gain the speed …

This volume is richly illustrated to help demonstrate how Alberti understood optics and art. Rocco Sinisgalli is Professor of Sciences of Representation in Art and Architecture at the Sapienza …