Overview

De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.

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Author:   Leon Battista Alberti ,  Joseph Rykwert ,  Neil Leach ,  Robert Tavernor
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9780262510608

ISBN 10:   026251060
Pages:   470
Publication Date:   01 July 1991
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Book one - lineaments; book two - materials; book three - construction; book four - public works; book five - works of individuals; book six - ornament; book seven - ornament to sacred buildings; book eight - ornament to public secular buildings; book nine - ornament to private buildings; book ten - restoration of buildings.

Reviews

This English edition surpasses the earlier one in a number of significant ways...It will no doubt soon find a place on all architectural reading lists, and deservedly so. -Paul Davies, Art History Brilliantly translated...Rykwert and his team have restored the pleasures of Alberti's writing for English readers...This undoubtedly deserves to become the standard English translation. -Anthony Hughes, Times Literary Supplement * Reviews * This English edition surpasses the earlier one in a number of significant ways...It will no doubt soon find a place on all architectural reading lists, and deservedly so. -Paul Davies, Art History * Reviews *

A new and valuable resource which immediately relegates to the category of a curiosity Rykwert's earlier republication of James Leoni's translation.... Now all those involved with architecture... can listen to Alberti and find that be has much to say that will interest them. --John Onians, Building Design

Author Information

Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. Neil Leach is an architect and theorist who has taught at a number of institutions worldwide, including the Architectural Association in London, the Dessau Institute Dessau, Germany, and Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of more than a dozen books, including Rethinking Architecture, The Anaesthetics of Architecture (MIT Press, 1999), and Alberti's On the Art of Building in Ten Books (MIT Press 1991). Robert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti's On the Art of Building in Ten Books; and Palladio and Palladianism.

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