On the Art of Building in Ten Books

On the Art of Building in Ten Books
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 026251060X
ISBN-13 : 9780262510608
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Book Synopsis On the Art of Building in Ten Books by : Leon Battista Alberti

Download or read book On the Art of Building in Ten Books written by Leon Battista Alberti and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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