Monday, August 21, 2006

600th anniversary of Leon Battista Alberti’s birth

"Mantua is joining festivities marking the 600th anniversary of Leon Battista Alberti’s birth with a major show taking place at the house of another Renaissance great, Andrea Mantegna.
Alberti is widely considered to be the embodiment of the universal ideals of Renaissance humanism and is, in many respects, the precursor of Leonardo da Vinci."

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