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Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance Condition:Good the easier it is toA lucid biographical study of Leon Battista Alberti (1404 72), one of the most original and exciting figures of the Italian Renaissance. He wrote the first modern treatise on painting, the first modern manual of classical architecture, and a powerful set of "dialogues" about the princely families of Florence. Rediscovering the forgotten aesthetics of classical architecture, Alberti described the artistic revolution in Florence that initiated the