Alberti
Americannoun
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Leon Battista 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
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Rafael 1902–1999, Spanish poet.
noun
Example Sentences
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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 says if some huts are not replaced, experiencing the mountains where they now stand will become less safe and less enjoyable—and in some cases all but impossible.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 3, 2023
Pacioli was not only a friend of Leonardo but also of Alberti, with whom he stayed for some months as a young man.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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