Leon Battista Alberti: The Chameleon's Eye

A new account of the sui generis Renaissance writer and architect Leon Battista Alberti.

One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti had an output encompassing engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humor, political commentary, and more. He employed irony, satire, and playful allusion in his written works, and developed a sophisticated approach to architecture that combined the ancient and modern. Born into the Flor...