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

Scholars would have you think Alberti came to Florence and wrote the first modern book on painting in a couple of months.

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

They had seen Tin-Tan in Tender Little Pumpkins, and been to the country club to hear Alberti and his band.

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

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