On the Art of Building in Ten Books

Author(s): Leon Battista Alberti; Joseph Rykwert (Introduction by, Translator)

ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.


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  • : 9780262510608
  • : MIT Press
  • : MIT Press
  • : July 1991
  • : books

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  • : Leon Battista Alberti; Joseph Rykwert (Introduction by, Translator)
  • : Paperback
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