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Born February 14, 1404 • Genoa • Italy
Died April 25, 1472 (aged 68) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works Palazzo Rucellai • Santa Maria Novella
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance
Subjects Of Study perspective • cartography • architecture • cryptography

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Leon Battista Alberti
Marble facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, by Leon Battista Alberti, 1456–70. In the foreground is one of two marble obelisks by the Flemish sculptor best known as Giambologna (Jean de Boulogne).
Palazzo Rucellai, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, c. 1445–70.
Facade of Palazzo Rucellai in Florence, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, featuring three stories of symmetrical arched windows and geometric stonework in Early Renaissance style.
The marble facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, features geometric patterns, a large rose window, and three arched doorways.
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