On Painting

Alberti`s Della Pittura was the first modern analytical study of painting. A systematic description of the one-point perspective construction, it was designed t... » 

Alberti`s Della Pittura was the first modern analytical study of painting. A systematic description of the one-point perspective construction, it was designed to persuade both patron and painter in the Renaissance to discard the old tastes in painting for the new. «