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Leon Battista Alberti

1404 - 1472

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Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leombatˈtista alˈbɛɾti]; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. He is considered the founder of European cryptography, a claim he shares with Johannes Trithemius. He is often considered primarily an architect. However, according to James Beck, "to single out one of Leon Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Battista Alberti is the 13th most popular architect (down from 10th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Italy (down from 154th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Architect.

Leon Battista Alberti was a Renaissance architect, artist, and writer. He is most famous for his book on architecture, "De Re Aedificatoria."

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Among architects, Leon Battista Alberti ranks 13 out of 518. Before him are Mimar Sinan, Alvar Aalto, Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, and Albert Speer. After him are Buckminster Fuller, Louis Sullivan, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, and Oscar Niemeyer.

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Among people born in 1404, Leon Battista Alberti ranks 3. Before him are Murad II, and Constantine XI Palaiologos. After him are Marie of Anjou, Orban, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, and Anne of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1472, Leon Battista Alberti ranks 1. After him are Basilios Bessarion, Michelozzo, Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, Nezahualcoyotl, Janus Pannonius, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, George of Trebizond, and John Vitéz.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leon Battista Alberti ranks 206 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope John XII (937), Sergio Mattarella (1941), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Pope Leo III (750), Adriano Celentano (1938), and Constans (320). After him are Cato the Elder (-243), Messalina (17), Clare of Assisi (1193), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Pope Martin V (1369), and Pope Boniface I (370).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Leon Battista Alberti ranks 5. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Vitruvius (-75), Donato Bramante (1443), and Andrea Palladio (1508). After him are Renzo Piano (1937), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Aldo Rossi (1931), Michelozzo (1396), and Guarino Guarini (1624).

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