In 1435, the Renaissance concept of an artist originated in Florence, Italy, all due to Leon Battista Alberti’s influential book De pictura, or Della pittura (On Painting). Alberti, himself a painter and a master of many disciplines, helped elevate the artist from an artisan to a creator whose achievements sprang from the knowledge of a developed intellect, this included the mathematical and measuring skills needed to produce paintings with perspective.
Date:
1435
Name(s):
Leon Battista Alberti
Occupation:
Architect
Mathematician
Location:
Florence, Italy
1435
Name(s):
Leon Battista Alberti
Occupation:
Architect
Mathematician
Location:
Florence, Italy
Additional Information:
- Leon Battista Alberti – Wikipedia
Leon Battista Alberti was born in 1404 in Genoa. His mother is unknown, and his father was a wealthy Florentine who had been exiled from his own city, allowed to return in 1428. - Leon Battista Alberti: Renaissance Architect, Art Theorist
The Italian architect, painter, sculptor, and writer Leon Battista Alberti was the most important art-theorist of the Early Renaissance. His importance in the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture is mainly due to his three influential treatises on Renaissance art: De Statua and Della Pittura (1435) and De Re Aedificatoria (1452). - Leon Battista Alberti: Architecture in the Renaissance | Study.com
Leon Battista Alberti was one of the greatest contributors to Renaissance ideas on architecture. In this lesson, we’ll look at his life, works, and legacy and see how Alberti’s theories impacted Renaissance society and beyond. - Leon Battista Alberti: A True Renaissance Man – ThoughtCo
Leon Battista Alberti was also known as Battista Alberti, Leo Battista Alberti, Leone Battista Alberti. He was known for pursuing philosophical, artistic, scientific and athletic endeavors in a successful attempt to become a true “Renaissance Man.”