The latest title in the AetaMonografie series is devoted to the life and work of the great Humanist from Genoa, Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472).
The latest title in the AetaMonografie series is devoted to the life and work of the great Humanist from Genoa, Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472). Francesco Paolo Fiore examines the roots of Alberti’s thinking and guides the reader through the writings, designs and achievements of this Renaissance master. Author of the treatise on architecture De Re Aedificatoria, he designed a small number of buildings: the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, the commissions for Giovanni Rucellai, Palazzo Rucellai and Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and the churches of Sant’Andrea San Sebastiano in Mantua. He died in 1472.