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15th-century Italian architects

  • Leon Battista AlbertiLeon Battista Alberti was born on the 14th of February 1404 in Genoa. His father, Lorenzo di Benedetto Alberti, was a wealthy Florentine who had been exiled…
  • Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi entered the world in Florence, Italy, during 1377. His father worked as a notary and civil servant named Brunellesco…
  • Aristotele FioravantiRidolfo Fioravanti entered the world around 1415 in Bologna. His family belonged to a lineage of architects and hydraulic engineers who shaped the city's…
  • Beatrice of NaplesBeatrice of Naples entered the world on the 16th of November 1457 within the walls of a Neapolitan palace. Her father was Ferdinand I of Naples and her…
  • Chimenti CamiciaChimenti Camicia entered the world in Florence during 1431. The city pulsed with artistic energy as the Renaissance took hold across Italy.
  • QuattrocentoIn the late Middle Ages, money replaced land as the primary measure of wealth across Italy. Urban centers arose in places like Florence and Venice, populated…