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Pearson, Caspar, 1974-

Humanism and the urban world : Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city / Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city Caspar Pearson. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (268 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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


English.

ISBN: 9780271056890 (electronic bk.) 0271056894 (electronic bk.) 9780271055497 (electronic bk.) 0271055499 (electronic bk.) 027105591X 9780271055916

Source: 22573/ctt4g9jh JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Philosophy.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De re aedificatoria.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De re aedificatoria.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Philosophy.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
Alberti, Leon B.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
De re aedificatoria (Alberti, Leon Battista)
De re aedificatoria.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1400-1500.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cities and towns.
Villes.
cities.
ARCHITECTURE--Individual Architects & Firms--Essays.
ARCHITECTURE--Individual Architects & Firms--Monographs.
ARCHITECTURE--History--Renaissance.
Cities and towns.
Philosophy.
Städtebau
Architektur.
Architekturtheorie.
Stadt.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Italien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: NA1123.A5 / P43 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 720.92