TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pearson,Caspar
TI  - Humanism and the urban world: Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city 
SN  - 9780271056890
AV  - NA1123.A5 P43 2011eb
U1  - 720.92 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - University Park, Pa.
PB  - Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Alberti, Leon Battista,
KW  - Alberti, Leon B.
KW  - De re aedificatoria (Alberti, Leon Battista)
KW  - fast
KW  - De re aedificatoria
KW  - swd
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Villes
KW  - cities
KW  - aat
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - Individual Architects & Firms
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Monographs
KW  - History
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Städtebau
KW  - gnd
KW  - Architektur
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Architekturtheorie
KW  - Stadt
KW  - Italien
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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