Sentence 1: He was also familiar with the 'abbreviated construction ' as described by Leonardo da Vinci and the geometrical construction of shadows , a technique of Alberti .
Sentence 2: He was also familiar with the '' shortened construction '' and the geometrical construction of shadows described by Alberti , a technique of Leonardo da Vinci .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

Pick your answer from: (a). no (b). yes
(a).