De pictura
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De pictura, also Della picture, is a treatise or commentarii written by the Italian humanist and artist Leon Battista Alberti. The first version, composed in Latin in 1435, was not published until 145
Figure from the 1804 edition of Della picture showing the vanishing point
Rendition of Alberti's description of how a circle projected as an ellipse
Figure showing pillars in perspective on a grid
The accurate perspective in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings such as his Annunciation (1475–1480) epitomizes the construction described in Alberti's De pictura.
De re aedificatoria
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De re aedificatoria is a classic architectural treatise written by Leon Battista Alberti between 1443 and 1452. Although largely dependent on Vitruvius's De architectura, it was the first theoretical
De pictura
…The first version, composed in Latin in 1435, was not published until 1450. It is one of his three treatises on art; the other two are De statua and De re aedificatoria, that would form the Renaissance concept for the fine arts: painting, sculpture, and architecture. Alberti was a member of Florentine family exiled in…
De re aedificatoria, title page of the 1541 edition
Title page of 1550 edition, Florence
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