Leon Battista Alberti
The Chameleon’s Eye
Seiten
2022
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-521-2 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-521-2 (ISBN)
A new account of the Renaissance author and architect Leon Battista Alberti.
One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output that encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humour, political commentary and more. He employed irony, satire and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born into the Florentine elite, Alberti was nonetheless disadvantaged owing to exile and illegitimacy. As a result, he became an acute analyst of the social institutions of his time, as well as a profoundly existential writer who was intensely interested in the human condition.
This new account explores Alberti’s life and works, examining how his personal and intellectual preoccupations continually pushed him to engage with an ever-broader spectrum of Renaissance culture.
One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output that encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humour, political commentary and more. He employed irony, satire and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born into the Florentine elite, Alberti was nonetheless disadvantaged owing to exile and illegitimacy. As a result, he became an acute analyst of the social institutions of his time, as well as a profoundly existential writer who was intensely interested in the human condition.
This new account explores Alberti’s life and works, examining how his personal and intellectual preoccupations continually pushed him to engage with an ever-broader spectrum of Renaissance culture.
Caspar Pearson is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Warburg Institute, and the author of Humanism and the Urban World: Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance City (2011).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Renaissance Lives |
| Zusatzinfo | 68 illustrations, 50 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-521-X / 178914521X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-521-2 / 9781789145212 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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