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Leon Battista Alberti [1404-1472] Italian
Rank: 102
Architect, Author


Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man.

Beauty, Change, Science



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Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. Beauty, Change
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A man can do all things if he but wills them.
102
We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
103
The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.
104
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods. Science
105
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.
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Men can do all things if they will.
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Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive.
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