Humanism and the urban world : Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city / Caspar Pearson.

Main entry:

Pearson, Caspar, 1974-

Title & Author:

Humanism and the urban world : Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city / Caspar Pearson.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Destruction -- 2. The divided city -- 3. The limits of power -- 4. Beyond the city -- 5. The suburbs and other places -- 6. The beautiful city -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Explores Italian Renaissance writer and architect Leon Battista Alberti's complex and sometimes ambivalent attitudes toward the concept of the city, and relates them to his broader intellectual positions"--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780271048550 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271048557 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271063696
9780271063690

Subject:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Criticism and interpretation.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Philosophy.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De re aedificatoria.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
Alberti, Leon Battista 1404-1472
Alberti, Leon B.
De re aedificatoria (Alberti, Leon Battista)
De re aedificatoria.
Cities and towns.
Villes.
cities.
Philosophy.
Architekturtheorie
Städtebau
Architektur.
Stadt.
Italien

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275104
Call No.: BIB 209102
Status: Available

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