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Alberti

American

[ahl-ber-tee] / ɑlˈbɛr ti /

noun

Leon Battista 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
Rafael 1902–1999, Spanish poet.

Alberti British

/ alˈbɛrti /

noun

Leon Battista (leˈɔn batˈtista). 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

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Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book on the institution of the family—rendered bittersweet by his own illegitimate identity; Mr. Luzzi quotes Alberti liberally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Alberti was a genius — a polymath who grew up in exile from Florence.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

"We have now developed a special method to deform the wavefront of the light being emitted by the atom," explains Dr. Andrea Alberti.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

Alberti, now age 67, filled the gap with repair foam, but the crack reopened after only a few days.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2023

Luis Alberti moved his whole orchestra from the capital just to be on call at Casa de Caoba.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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