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Alberti Leon Battista (le'%n bat'tista). 1404--72, Italian Renaissance architect, painter, writer, and musician; among his architectural designs are the façades of Sta. Maria Novella at Florence and S. Francesco at Rimini How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Toward the end of
the fourteenth century, the Alberti family had been exiled from their
native Florence; and one of the leading bankers of the Alberti clan,
Lorenzo, sought refuge in Genoa, where the family had a branch office. The government became the
property of a restricted elite and exiled its political rivals, among
them the Alberti family. |
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