Leon Battista Alberti, some biographical implications of the winged eye

Author

Schneider, Laurie

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 72, p. 261-270, 9 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Finds a compensatory aspect in Alberti's attraction to antiquity and architecture, in his adoptive name, Leone, and in the iconography of his emblem, the winged eye. Includes a postscript extending the author's interpretation of Alberti's personality to support James Beck's recent attribution to Alberti of the astrological fresco of the cupola of the Old Sacristy (Florence, S. Lorenzo).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Italy
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Architecture
• Antiquity [culture]
• Emblems
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia vecchia||Firenze (ITA)
• Mural painting
• Astrology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Italie
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Architecture
• Antiquité
• Emblème
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia vecchia||Firenze (ITA)
• Peinture murale
• Astrologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00455173

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