Della architettura di Leon Battista Alberti libri X ; Della pittura libri III ; e, Della statua libro I : tradotti in lingua italiana

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 · 1739 · In Londra : A presso Tommaso Edlin · 15 pictures

This 1739 London edition by Tommaso Edlin of Leon Battista Alberti's treatises on architecture, painting and sculpture, translated into Italian, is a learned reference work for architects and painters. Its plates are measured architectural drawings: a ground plan of a domed church with rows of columns, and elevations of pilasters, entablatures, arcades and a balustrade. Designers can take from them clean line-drawn classical orders, rhythmic column spacing and tidy plan layouts drawn in pencil and grey wash.

Perspective -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture -- Early works to 1800 · Painting -- Early works to 1800 · Sculpture -- Technique -- Early works to 1800

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