Leon Battista Alberti was born on February 14, 1404[1], in Genoa[2]. He died on April 25, 1472[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], linguist[6], cryptographer[7], poet[8], and architect[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,246 views/month, #7,026 of 1,000,298).[10]
Occupation: architectural theoretician[18], music theorist[19], musicologist[20], sculptor[21], writer[22], medalist[23], painter[24], mathematician[25], playwright[26], organist[27], scientist[28], artist[29], art theorist[30], humanist[31]
Field of work: painting[32], art theory[33], architecture[34], humanism[35], art of sculpture[36], encryption[37], ecclesiastical law[38], historic building[39], Renaissance[40]
Educated at: University of Padua[41], University of Bologna[42]
Notable work: Basilica of Sant'Andrea[43], San Sebastiano[44], De pictura[45], Apologi centum[46]
Leon Battista Alberti has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] He is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
He is credited with the discovery of Alberti cipher[57], a cipher[58]. Works attributed to him include De pictura[59], a written work[60], founded in 1436[61] and De re aedificatoria[62], a written work[63], founded in 1452[64].
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Leon Battista Alberti's place of birth was Genoa[2].
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