Author: Leon Battista Alberti
Alternate names: Leone Battista Alberti; Leon Batti Alberti; Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.; Léon-Battista Alberti; Leon Battista ALBERTI; leon battista alberti; Alberti, Leon Battista; Leon Battista 1404-1472 de Alberti; Leon Battista 1404-1472 Alberti; LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
Born: 14 February 1404
Died: 25 April 1472
Bio: Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and general Renaissance humanist polymath. Although he is often characterized as an "architect" exclusively, as James Beck has observed "to single out one of Leon Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts." Alberti's life was described in Giorgio Vasari's *Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori* or 'Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects'. *(Source: Wikipedia)*