On painting and On sculpture : the Latin texts of De pictura and De Statua / Leon Battista Alberti ; edited with translations, introduction and notes by Cecil Grayson.
By: Alberti, Leon Battista [author]
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Contributor(s): Grayson, Cecil [editor, translator, author of introduction, etc.].
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BookPublisher: London : Phaidon, 1972Copyright date: ©1972Description: viii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714815527 (hardback).Subject(s): Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 | Painting -- Early works to 1800 | Sculpture -- Early works to 1800 | Painting, Renaissance -- ItalyDDC classification: 700.1 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 700.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00066659 |
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Parallel Latin text and English translation, English introduction and notes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction: The texts. (a) De pictura ; (b) De statua -- The art of painting -- The art of sculpture -- Bibliography -- De Pictura: On painting -- Letter to Filippo Brunelleschi -- Letter to Giovan Francesco Gonzaga -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Notes -- De statua: On sculpture -- Letter to Giovan Andrea de, Bussi -- Notes -- Appendix: Alberti's work in painting and sculpture.
Translation of: De pictura
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Leon Battista Alberti was born in Genoa, Italy, on February 18, 1404. His father was a major figure in the Florentine political world, and Alberti received a quality education. He studied Latin in Padua and completed his formal training at the University of Bologna, where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1428.In 1432, as a secretary in the Papal Chancery in Rome, Alberti became acquainted with Tommaso Parentucelli who was later elected Pope Nicholas V. Alberti worked for the Pope, studying law cases for seven years. In 1447, he became the Pope's architectural advisor, and upon studying the work of Vitruvius, wrote De Re Aerdificatoria (Ten Books on Architecture) in 1452.
Alberti was a major Humanist figure in the Italian Renaissance. He wrote dialogues, plays, poems, and philosophical books that were widely influential. During the last years of his life, Alberti put many of his architectural ideas into practice and wrote De Iciarchia (On the Man of Excellence and Ruler of His Family).
Albert died in 1472 at the age of 68.
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