On the Art of Building in Ten Books

Leon Battista Alberti; trans. J. Rykwert, N. Leach, R. Tavernor

ISBN 10: 026251060X / ISBN 13: 9780262510608

Published by The MIT Press, 1988

About this Item

Condition: The book is fully legible with crisp pages and a beautiful cover. It shows signs of use and light damage at the spine and back of the cover. Page 400 is creased. On first glance the book seems as new. Light annotation. Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.5 x 2.5cm.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1751623061233

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Art of Building in Ten Books
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026251060X
• ISBN 13: 9780262510608
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Renaissance
  • Art
  • Humanism

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.