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.
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Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture, Renaissance--Italy Architects and patrons--Italy