Alberti, Leon Battista

Japanese: アルベルティ(英語表記)Alberti, Leon Battista
Alberti, Leon Battista
Born: February 14, 1404, Genoa
Died April 25, 1472. An Italian architect and humanist in Rome. He was described as a "jack of all trades" with a thorough knowledge of all arts. He was born as the illegitimate son of a wealthy exiled Florentine merchant. He studied law and classics in Padua and Bologna, and returned to Florence around 1428, throwing himself into the midst of the Renaissance art movement. While working as a secretary for the Papal Court, he wrote Della pittura (1436), and in the 1440s he began writing De re aedificatoria (De architecture), modelled on Marcus Vitruvius' Ten Treatises on Architecture. This book had a wide influence on later generations, including on architecture as a civic activity, including urban planning, and the use of classical orders. Examples of architecture include the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence (c. 1445-70), the façade of Santa Maria Novella (c. 1456-70), the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini (c. 1446-50), the Basilica of San Sebastiano in Mantua (1460-70), and the Basilica of Sant'Andrea (c. 1470).

Alberti
Alberti, Domenico

Born: Around 1710, Venice
Died in 1740. Italian composer from Rome. Also active as a singer and harpsichordist. Known for his frequent use of the "Alberti bass" arpeggio accompaniment pattern. This pattern is suitable for floating melodies over gently changing harmonies, and was used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and others.

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Japanese:
[生]1404.2.14. ジェノバ
[没]1472.4.25. ローマ
イタリアの建築家,人文学者。芸術全般に通じ「万能の人」と形容された。追放中の裕福なフィレンツェ商人の庶子として出生。パドバとボローニャで法律,古典を学び,1428年頃フィレンツェに戻り,ルネサンス芸術運動の渦中に身を投じる。教皇庁の書記を務める間に『絵画論』Della pittura(1436)を著し,1440年代からマルクス・ウィトルウィウスの『建築十書』にならった『建築論』De re aedificatoriaの著述を始める。同書は都市計画を含む市民活動としての建築術,古典的オーダーの活用など後世に広い影響を与えた。建築ではフィレンツェのパラッツォ・ルチェライ(1445~70頃),サンタ・マリア・ノベラ聖堂のファサード(1456~70),リミニのテンピオ・マラテスティアーノ(1446~50頃),マントバのサン・セバスティアノ聖堂(1460~70),サンタンドレア聖堂(1470頃)などがある。

アルベルティ
Alberti, Domenico

[生]1710頃.ベネチア
[没]1740. ローマ
イタリアの作曲家。歌手およびチェンバロ奏者としても活躍。「アルベルティ・バス」として知られる分散和音による伴奏音型を多用したことで有名。この伴奏音型はゆるやかに推移する和声の上に旋律を浮べるのに適しているため,ハイドン,モーツァルト,ベートーベンらも用いた。

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