Leon Battista Alberti Flashcards
what was the text Leon Battista Alberti was known for, for writing?
De Pictura / Della Pittura - On Painting
what was Alberti most famous for?
architecture
pre renascence period what were painters viewed as?
craftsman
how did Alberti view painters?
Alberti viewed painters as intellectuals and wanted to raise their status
what famous quote was derived from Alberti?
painting is a window
how did Alberti believe painting was mimesis?
painting made the absent, present. e.g. someone painting from another country, present. someone painted who is dead, present
what does “historia” mean?
showing things absent or past
who coined the term renascence?
Vasari
how does Alberti move away from Plato’s view on mimesis
Alberti believes painting should not just be mimesis but also beautiful. if it is only likeness and not beautiful it fails as art
what did Vasari see Alberti as?
a mathematician
why was Alberti know as a mathematician by Vasari?
Alberti invented linear perspective
what did Alberti find painting was an exercise in? and why?
geometry because it was rule governed much like what he believes art is
what is linear perspective?
it is an illusion creating depth on a 2d surface
how did Alberti deem something beautiful?
aesthetic reasoning. it is not based on a hunch or a feeling
how did Alberti experience art?
art was not a sensory experience but an intellectual experience
