| |
| | Alberti, Leone Battista articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | Alberti, Leone Battista ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA [Alberti, Leone Battista] 1404-72, Italian architect, musician, painter, and humanist, active at the papal court, Florence, Rimini, and Mantua. |
 | | Alberti was the first architect to argue for the correct use of the classical orders during the Renaissance. |
 | | This article is concerned mainly with general developments and their impact in the fields of science, rhetoric, literature, and music. |
| www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00277.html (162 words) |
|