TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HUCKABEE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 1311 Design, Environment and Society

Lecture 05, OUTLINE

LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI Architectural Theory II
Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger

September 9, 2024

Key Personnel
Leon Battista Alberti 1404-1472

Key Books
De Pictura, 1435 
De re aedificatoria 1452 On the Art of Building in Ten Books

Key Buildings/Places/Words
Santa Maria Della Novella, Begun about 1246 
Façade of Palazzo Rucellai (1446–51 Age 42-47)
Completion of the façade of Santa Maria Novella, (1448–70 Age 38-66)
"The Eye is the most powerfully thing, the most worthy thing," L.B.A.
“The harmony of all parts in relation to one another." L.B.A.
San Sebastiano, Mantua (begun 1458 Age 54)
Sant'Andrea, Mantua (begun 1471 Age 67)

“If the city is like some large house, and the house is in turn like some small city cannot the various parts of the house- atria dining rooms porticoes and so on-be considered miniature buildings? Could anything be omitted from any of these, through inattention and neglect without detracting form the dignity and worth of the work? The greatest care and attention then, should be paid to studying these elements, which contribute to the whole work, so as to ensure that even the most insignificant parts appear to have been formed according to the rules of art.” L.B.A.

Links of Interest
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leon-Battista-Alberti