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Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a Renaissance polymath whose contributions spanned architecture, art, and literature, profoundly influencing the cultural landscape of his time. Born in Genoa to a wealthy family, Alberti's insatiable curiosity led him to study classical antiquity, resulting in masterpieces like the façade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. As a theorist, his treatises on proportion and perspective revolutionized the visual arts, while his literary works, including "On Painting," articulated a vision of the artist as a scientific observer and intellectual. Alberti's legacy endures as a cornerstone of Renaissance humanism.
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"When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods."
Leon Battista Alberti
"Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole."
Leon Battista Alberti