Leone Battista Alberti

Leone Battista Alberti (February 14 1404 – 25th April 1472), Italian painter, poet, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer, musician, architect, and general Renaissance polymath . His life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Vite. In Italy, his first name is usually spelled Leon.

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February 14 - 1404 - 25th April - 1472 - Italian - Painter - Poet - Linguist - Philosopher - Cryptographer - Musician - Architect - Renaissance - Polymath - Giorgio Vasari

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Alberti was born in Genoa as an illegitimate son of a family of Florentine merchants. He was educated in law at the University of Bologna. Alberti embarked on a tour of Europe in his mid-twenties. His career in law was curtailed by an illness which induced a partial loss of memory; Alberti then turned his abilities to science and art.

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Genoa - Illegitimate son - Florentine - Merchant - Law - University of Bologna

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He died in Rome.

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