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Tavernor, Robert,

On Alberti and the art of building / Robert Tavernor. - xii, 278 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note -- On Alberti -- The Early Years -- Rome Revealed and Re-presented -- Architect and Visionary -- Self-portraiture and Alberti's Eye for the Future -- On the Art of Building -- Beauty in Art and Building -- Sigismondo Malatesta and the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini -- Giovanni Rucellai and his Architectural Ensemble in Florence -- Ludovico Gonzaga and Alberti in Mantua and Florence -- Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino and Alberti's Design for a Bath Building -- The Art of Building in Practice -- Appendix -- Notes -- Alberti's Writings -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ISBN: 0300076150 9780300076158

LCCN: 98015258

Subjects--Personal Names:
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture, Renaissance--Italy
Architects and patrons--Italy

LC Class. No.: NA1123.A5 / T38 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 720.92