The Humanist Brain

Alberti, Vitruvius, and Leonardo

Mallgrave, Harry Francis (author)

The Architect's Brain ; 7-25

2010-01-08

18 pages

9781405195850 , 9781444317275

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444317275.ch1

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

ethos of humanism ‐ not one‐dimensional, infusing all arts and humanities , human being, by virtue of his divine creation ‐ occupying privileged place within the cosmos , Renaissance humanism ‐ period in Italy in early fifteenth century and new interest in classical theory , viewing architecture ‐ metaphor for human body, and human body as a metaphor for architectural design , new appreciation of classical Greek writers , humanist brain and Alberti, Vitruvius, and Leonardo , Alberti's attempt, supplying the new ‘fine art’ with theoretical underpinnings of geometry , body/building analogy for Filarete ‐ enchanting Renaissance treatises equating building with the body , De picitura ‐ original work, delineating principles of linear perspective , corporeal metaphors of Filarete's treatise, surpassed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Sienese architect, painter, sculptor