I initially intended for this post and the previous one regarding idealism & perspective in Renaissance architecture to be a single post. However, on second thought, Alberti deserves his own post and not just included with the a discussion of Renaissance for his unprecedented influence on architectural history that last to this day.

Unlike his predecessor, Filippo Brunelleschi, Alberti does not have significant influential buildings like Brunelleschi’s dome or the Ospedale Degli...

Introduction

The Renaissance marked an intriguing resurrection of the Classical unseen since the disintegration of the Roman Empire through combining art and architecture. Generally speaking, the modus-operandi of Renaissance urban construction was focused upon the aesthetical side of architecture and it orbited around two major characteristics. These were the depiction of art with a manifestation of perspective with a prominent three-dimensional standpoint instead of a mundane...