Humanism and the urban world : Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city / Caspar Pearson.

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Pearson, Caspar, 1974-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780271056890
0271056894
9780271055497
0271055499
027105591X
9780271055916

Other title:

Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Humanism and the urban world.DDC classification:

720.92 22

LOC classification:

NA1123.A5 P43 2011eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: "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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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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English.

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.

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