Humanism and the urban world Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city

"Explores Italian Renaissance writer and architect Leon Battista Alberti's complex and sometimes ambivalent attitudes toward the concept of the city, and relates them to his broader intellectual positions"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Pearson, Caspar, 1974-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, Ã2011.
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300 |a vii, 268 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
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505 0 |a Introduction -- 1. Destruction -- 2. The divided city -- 3. The limits of power -- 4. Beyond the city -- 5. The suburbs and other places -- 6. The beautiful city -- Conclusion. 
600 1 0 |a Alberti, Leon Battista,  |d 1404-1472  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 0 |a Alberti, Leon Battista,  |d 1404-1472  |x Philosophy. 
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