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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pearson, Caspar, 1974-
Imprint:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Description:	268 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
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. De re aedificatoria (Alberti, Leon Battista) Cities and towns. Cities and towns. Philosophy. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8519195

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Varying Form of Title:	Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance city
ISBN:	9780271048550 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271048557 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
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
Notes
Bibliography
Index