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A Short Biography of Leon Battista Alberti

Author Name:

Leon Battista Alberti

Born As:

Leon Battista Alberti

Other Names:

Leon Battista Alberti

Born:

14 Feb 1404

Died:

25 Apr 1472




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Painter, poet, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer, musician, architect                          
                          
Mother, Bianca Fieschi
Father Lorenzo Alberti                          
Some dates vary from source to source.

S. Francesco, Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini - 1447,1453-50.
Façade of Palazzo Rucellai - 1446-51.
Completion of the facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence - 1448-1470.
San Sebastiano, Mantua (begun - 1458.
Pienza, as consultant - 1459-62.
Sepolcro Rucellai in San Pancrazio - 1467.
Tribune for Santissima Annunziata, Florence - 1470, completed with alterations, 1477.
Sant'Andrea, Mantua - begun 1471.                          
Alberti wrote an influential work on architecture, De Re Aedificatoria, which by the 18th century had been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and English. An English translation was by Giacomo Leoni in the early 18th century. Newer translations are now available.